Therapy can get you only so far with exorcising your childhood nightmares; after that it's willpower, and you, and people you can trust to hold your hand along the way.

Illusion is sometimes all that keeps us sane." - Anita

Who would have ever thought I'd be afraid of a zombie, any kind of zombie? Nicely ironic that.

Anyone who tells you size doesn't matter has been seeing too many small knives.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.

Oh, ma petite, you are growing gargantuan." I looked at him and it was not a friendly look. "Never tease a woman about her weight, Jean-Claude. At least not an American twentieth-century one." He Spread his hands wide. "My deepest apologies." "When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect.