To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

A perfect world or a world destroyed, one or the other- someday will come the end of hell.

I resolved to move just a little bit more slowly through the world, to look around myself with greater care, and to try to remain conscious of all that was going on around me at all times.

Claudia... you've been a very very naughty little girl.

It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words.

I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.