She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.

When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the real? For me, it was those early readings of fairy tales that made me who I was as a reader and, later on, as a storyteller.

They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often make a noise that sounded quite human, as if greeting someone in his dreams. At first it seemed that he believed Sara would return, but as the years went by I understood that his loyalty asked for no reward, and that love comes in unexpected forms. His wish was small, as hers had been -- merely to be beside her. As for me, I already knew I would never get what I wanted.

The more you feel, the stronger you are.

But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone.