I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

She was his soulmate, as much a part of him as the very flesh and bone that made him. She was with him, in him, in everything he did. She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.

Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins.

I grew up on a mixed diet of mass and class, and I still read that way. I hate it when people apologize for what they read. Some bestsellers aren't exactly literary. So what? They're fun and rip-roaring, Who instituted the book police and why do we have to answer them? Grrrrr!

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.

Men are the weak ones, luv. Didn't you know? Oh, you make a lot of noise, but its the women who are strong. Where it counts. In 'ere.

Yeah. Sure. My brother's dead. My mother's insame. Hey, let's have a crepe.