Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. And then she stopped walking. Under the moon, she stopped. And looked at us. She looked at me. Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don't know. She probably didn't even know I was there. But I'll always love her. All my life.

I remembered that, and, remembering that, I remembered everything.

It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is.

People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjuration. People populate the darkness; with ghost, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe; and it is that rock solid belief, that makes things happen.

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.

I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.