Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?

I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.

Celia." he says without looking up at her, "why do we wind our watch?" "Because everything requires energy," she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. "We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves.

The circus arrives without warning.

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul