It begins, as most things begin, with a song.

What would be the fun in doing things you know are going to work?

Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

Birds are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings. Devouring defenseless wiggly things and, and nuts, and fish, and, and other birds. They get the early worms. And have you ever watched a chicken eat? They may look innocent, but birds are, well, they're vicious.

There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is you. If you decide not to make things, all you've done is deprive the world of all the stuff that only you could have brought to it.

Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.