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“Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

“A hush of expectancy descended in the chamber as all waited to hear the request. What treasure could he want? Laren inventoried in her mind all the precious trappings of the castle she could think of -jewels, weapons, art-and she saw that the others must be doing the same. What did the Sacoridians possess that would be good enough for the Eletian prince?
"My brother," Graelalea said, "requires many pounds of dark chocolate fudge and Dragon Droppings. We must visit the Master of Chocolate.”
― Kristen Britain

“It’s like you’re conjured out of starlight.”
― Loren Leigh, Always

“Okay, let me get a pen." There were rustling noises. "I can't find one." More noises. "Okay,shoot."

"You found a pen?"

"No, but I have a can of Cheez Whiz. I'll write your number on the counter with it, then find a pen and copy it."

Jaine recited her number and listened to the spewing noise as Shelley Cheez-Whizzed it on her countertop.”
― Linda Howard, Mr. Perfect

“You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Things I Learned From Knitting

“It’s not a sock. It’s a cozy!” He stared at her blankly. “For a tea pot?” Surely, it was too small for that, too. With a tiny noise of frustration, she gestured at his face. “For your tusk. To keep it warm. But you don’t have to wear it if you don’t like it.”
― Sara Ivy Hill, The Ruin's Revenge

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“All recipes are spells and all cooks are witches.”
― Kirsten Miller, The Change