Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Marlon did little good. He simply smiled and corrected her grammar.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Mindanao took a deep breath. “You could stay here. At the castle, I mean. With me.” This wasn’t coming out at all the way he had wanted it to, but it was too late to stop now. He hurried on, “As Queen of the Enchanted Forest, if you think you would like that. I would.”“Would you, really?”“Yes,” Mindanao said, looking down. “I love you, and—and—”“And you should have said that to begin with,” Imogene interrupted, putting her arms around him. Mendanbar looked up, and the expression on her face made his heart begin to pound.“Just to be sure I have this right,” Imogene went on with a blinding smile, “did you just ask me to marry you?”“Yes,” Mindanao said. “At least, that’s what I meant.”“Good. I will.” Mendanbar tried to find something to say, but he was too happy to think. He leaned forward two inches and kissed Imogene, and discovered that he didn’t need to say anything at all.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

— Patricia C. Wrede

News of Daniel's disappearance does not alarm me as it might have done a week ago. Given recent events, very little alarms me as it might have done a week ago. I feel as if my supply of alarm has been exhausted, at least temporarily.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing.

— Patricia C. Wrede

One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my usual response is, "Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

— Patricia C. Wrede

Thank God!" he said, and kissed her. Kissing Marlon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache.

— Patricia C. Wrede