Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.

If you were the wall, what would you rather be? Dreary and dull, or alive with paint?" "Walls can't think!" "That doesn't stop them from caring.

I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.

Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.

I am a Smedry, and we do ridiculous, unexpected, eccentric things like this all the time! Ha-ha!

We were like deaf people trying to dance to a beat we couldn't hear, long after the music actually stopped.

Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?