They would place their hands together inside the circle so that they could walk in each other's dreams. It forged a bond that could not be broken. The circle represents love in eternity. For there is no beginning and no end.

The wolf was at the door. His shadow spilled into the room, taking it over.

I change the world, the world changes me.

I’m not interested in being polite. It’s false.

But we can't go back. We can only go forward.

I had a friend who said, "You don't have an internal critic. You have an internal sadist."

Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter the pain it causes. Mothers can turn you invisible with neglect. They can erase you with a denial, a refusal to see. Friends can deceive you. People lie. It is a cold, hard world. I do not blame Nell Hawkins for retreating from it into a madness of her own choosing.