I so wanted out of this conversation, but it was like a car accident: Once you started spinning, you could only wait and see what you hit.

Goddess” he said. Her voice floated to us. Yes, Child.” Will I see you again?” Just her voice now, young and old at the same time. “In the face of every woman you meet

True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

I told her why we are here. I told you wouldn't hurt Jack." "The coffin?" I smiled. I couldn't help it. He was a 'jack in a box.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured?

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people