5 Quotes & Sayings By Jane Lindskold

Jane Lindskold is the author of several books, including the award-winning novels The Blue Sword and Wolfblade. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines including "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", "Black Wings", "Mythic Delirium", "Asimov’s Science Fiction", and "The Dragon Review". She co-edits the Harcourt Harbrace Series Anthology with her husband, David B. Coe, and her work has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the Nebula Award, and five Chesley Awards Read more

She lives with her husband and three children in Virginia.

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Wolves regularly attacked their rivals in power, so the idea of killing to gain position was neither alien nor repulsive to her. The use of assassins she had filed as yet another of the curious tools - like swords and bows – that humans created to make up for their lack of personal armament. What she still had to puzzle through was the subtle strategies involved in killing those who were expected to inherit power rather than those who held the power itself. Jane Lindskold
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There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later. Jane Lindskold
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The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read. Jane Lindskold
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The sad thing is that, for many writers of fantasy fiction, the inclusion of magic seems to mean that logical ramifications and real-world laws both go out the window. Jane Lindskold