But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because that was telling him to go on, to continue which was the worst way for a man without real talent to waste his life, finally. But many people did just that, friends and relatives mostly.

nobody can save you but yourself. you will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. they will attempt again and again through subterfuge, guise and force to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly inside. nobody can save you but yourself

life itself is not the miracle. that pain should be so constant, that's the miracle -

Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.

A spark can set a whole forest on fire. Just a spark. Save it.

The centuries are sprinkled with rare magic with divine creatures who help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us

I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future.