Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.

I can’t imagine it now, but I must’ve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don’t just get itself born bad, do it?

But what the evil people do, that's their responsibility. The burden they have to carry. Sure, when we see 'em starting on causing some hurt, we've got to try and stop 'em, but mostly what the rest of us should be concerning ourselves with is doing right by others. Every time you do a good turn, you shine the light a little further into the dark. And the thing is, even when we're gone, that light's going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there to be a competition at all.