Just because you're funny doesn't mean you get to be cruel.

Writers are also sort of like vultures, but with fewer ethics.

Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.

It was a kiss small in its ministrations but epic in its feeling.

No person has ever held all the power. There must be a balance between chaos and order, dark and light. With the Temple magic bound to you, the realms are no longer in balance. The power could change you... and you could change the magic.

Or perhaps it is some combination of spirit and desire, love and hope, some alchemy that we each possess and can put to use, if we first know where to look without flinching.

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.