This isn't the first time the world has come to an end, and it won't be the last either.

Garden work clears the mind.

Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki

I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry. I shall be rampant.

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

Somehow the anticipation of pain can be even more troubling, more a misery than the pain itself.

In any case, fire burns; that's its nature, and you can't expect to change that. You can use it to cook your meat or to burn down your neighbor's house. And is the fire you use for cooking any different from the one you use for burning? And does that mean you should eat your supper raw?" Maddy shook her head, still puzzled. "So what you're saying is . . . I shouldn't play with fire," she said at last. Of course you should," said One-Eye gently. "But don't be surprised if the fire plays back.