Tabitha Henninger

“How many people similarly spent their lives searching for their own spells—some gratuitous benefit such as a silver tree or political power or undeserved acclaim—when all they really needed was to be satisfied with what they already had? Sometimes what they had was better than what they thought they wanted.”
― Piers Anthony, A Spell for Chameleon

“Soon his tears abated, but she continued to hold him, much as she had held his successor. There were times when men of any age needed the special favor of a woman's embrace. It was too bad that people of either sex tended to confuse this with sex.”
― Piers Anthony, With a Tangled Skein

“Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn’t read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!”
― Piers Anthony, Bearing an Hourglass

“Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?
Then, leave me to my foolishness.”
― Piers Anthony, With a Tangled Skein