If she is afraid of mirrors she is afraid of herself.

Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same kind of immersion. Often the best stories hold you back and make you witness them. This may be one of the reasons some people reject the form. That and the fact that they are harder work to read. A story will not let you get comfortable and settle in. It is like a stool that is so small that you must always be aware of sitting.

Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.

The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves as superior. In part, this is because we are, in ways, powerful. But that does not make the race of humans (funanga) better than that of the dog or equine.

Impatience is not the least of your faults, Malik, it is a kind of greed and someday it may see you undone.

Life has always been a matter of putting one's feet down carefully

Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.