The wives of Spartans are the secret pillars of the world."--Odd Thomas

I am the One, and I see all. But the blind man in Apartment 1-A is blind in many ways, as are all human beings, even those with functioning eyes. They are blind to their folly, to their ignorance, to their history, to the future that they will make for themselves. A future born of self-loathing.

I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.

That was interesting, riding in the trunk," Milo said, "but I wouldn't want to do it again.

Pain is all I know." He murmured. "Peace is all I want

I build a book the way coral reefs are built: millions of little calcareous skeletons piling up one atop another, though in my case the skeletons are drafts.

its a rare thing to know one completly to the core and stil love him