Unusual yet beautiful. Provocative while remaining elegant.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

Esse quam videri," Celia says. "To be, rather than to seem.

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.

You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts.

I have read for countless people on innumerable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew that, and still it surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility. I always thought it was just a matter of time but I was wrong.

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