Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.

I will do just as you wish,' said no cat ever.

Love makes a person do strange things.

You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of great strength.” “Strength,” she said with a little laugh. “I gave her strength, and look what she did with it.

Then there were things-- epic, terrible things-- that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain.

It's all a quilt of fairy tales with a patch here and there of truth.

There are other ways of showing someone you love them, such as fetching them out of Hell.