The thing about delirium is you think it's great, but it actually isn't.

You shouldn't do that," said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.

And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.

Laughter may instruct but it may also conceal, defending the joker against anger and retaliation: a game is only a game.

Blank pages inspire me with terror.

Children were vehicles for passing things along. These things could be kingdoms, rich wedding gifts, stories, grudges, blood feuds. Through children, alliances were forged; through children, wrongs were avenged. To have a child was to set loose a force in the world.

Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been.