Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.

Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working

Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.

Weapons are kept from women, but such a naming suggests that perhaps men fear our talents in war as well as our desire for peace.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.