One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no forethought and nothing but passion, and I will probably collapse with shock.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across

Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.

Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year. Then you went into something they called 'half mourning' for another full year, adn during those two years, you were pretty much expected to have emotional breakdowns, you could do it whenever you felt you needed to, and everybody would support you. Now?, A month after a tragedy, maybe two, and you're expected to be all better-or down pills so you can pretend you are.

I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them