“The music had ceased. Alex walked over to the gramophone, wound it up again, and put on more blues, a woman singing this time, gay and sad at once, like a stranded angel who had traded holiness for humanity but… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
“The worst thing about knowing that Gary Fairchild had been dead for a month was seeing him every day at work.” — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
“From them her hands moved on, random as her passing thoughts. She sketched vagrant airs, or snatches of jigs and reels, slowed and touched… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book. — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
“To the pure, all things are pure,” Antryg remarked, in Magister Magus’ best soothsayer voice, “and to the unimaginative, all things are devilish.” — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
Imagination is what has driven human progress since very early times. — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates. — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
“Only a fool wants to go back to the land of childhood . . . Or perhaps it is the longing for the certainties of childhood that… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
“ If I don't read page ninety, it won't have happened to them. Black Beauty will still live with all his friends at Birtwick… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
The question is always the answer, provided you want the answer badly enough. — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm. — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
You yourself must know how boring gravity is to oneself and everyone else. — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
