You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

This is the biggest mistake I could think would save me. I wanted to give up the idea that I had any control. Shake things up. To be saved by chaos. To see if I could cope, I wanted to force myself to grow again. To explode my comfort zone.

The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.

A child who is disillusioned abruptly, by his peers or siblings, being ridiculed for his faith and imagination, may choose never to believe in anything- tangible or intangible- again. To never trust or wonder.

The feeling is less like an ending than just another starting point.

You’re training a new employee,' says Mrs. Clark, 'to take over your boring old job.' When you raise a child.

Everything is still falling apart.