People don’t pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to

It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated.

I mean only that I hope they find darkness or paradise without fear of it, if they can.

You're in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that's enough.

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

Because I do not wish to know,” he says. “I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark.