I think your mythology would call them fallen angels. War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming - making people not know who they are. If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate. That's why we still need Namers, because there are places throughout the universe like your planet Earth. When everyone is really and truly Named, then the Echthroi will be vanquished.

Unlearning is the choice, conscious or unconscious, of any real artist. And it is the true sign of maturity.

I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist and says, "Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me."

Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life.

Women must be very gentle with men as they, as well as women, seek to regain the lost wholeness for which they were destined.