All knowledge is worth having
I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer
We are meant to taste of life ... and drink the cup of it to the dregs, bitter and sweet alike.
Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade
If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised
It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice and write clean, spare prose. I finally gave up and embraced my baroque tendencies when I wrote the Kushiel series.