"Why are you writing it? What's the point?"
- "Well, these are only drafts... But of course you're welcome to read them! Just keep in mind that even if you
- "You are like a force of nature – wild and unpredictable. You're full of surprises. I doubt I could make up a
- "And I would prefer to turn every army barracks into a library, and eat cream pudding for breakfast every day.
- "I know!" Linzi says defiantly. "Rulers oppress writers. Sometimes even torture them, with a bit of execution
- "You have an iron core. No matter what tricks fate throws in your path, you always know what's right and what'
- "Thank you for your trust. I will not set out to please you, of course, but I still hope that you'll like my b
- "Ha ha ha! How wonderful! Seriously, do it! Ban my book from your lands! Can you imagine how much the sales wo
- "Ha ha ha! No, I am not going to make up any fiction about you! And why would I? I wouldn't be able to invent
- "I swear." Linzi puts her little hand over her heart. "Truth, only truth, and just a teensy bit of imaginative
- "Well... Yes, I can admit that. Sometimes one has to bend a few details for the sake of dramatic effect. It's
- "I think you underestimate the power of the written word! A quill may not be mightier than a sword, but one st
- "When I was at the Academy, Eobald the Insightful began his literature course with the question: 'What is a pe
- "I wasn't even with you during your first feats! But who wants to read about how I roamed the swamps with that
- "Sometimes you follow the rules, and sometimes you make up your own. Your actions are hard to predict. – It's
- "The truth doesn't hurt me. Who do you think my most severe critic is? That's right, it's me! This is my first
- "What is there to tell? You've seen some of my rough drafts already, haven't you? It's a book about you and yo
- "Let me ask you about something else."
- "Your book is full of inconsistencies!"
- "So, what kind of a character am I?"
- "Why are you writing it? What's the point?"
- "How do you feel about me reading your work in progress?"
- "No offense, but your command of language is not that good."
