I was sand, I was snow—written on, rewritten, smoothed over.

I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.

Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backwards in time and exist in two places at once.

Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.

If you disagree with your government, that's political. If you disagree with your government that is approaching theocracy, then you're evil.

The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

The bell that measures time is ringing