Entropy and optimism: the twin forces that make the world go around.

They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

He goes his way. We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest.

I have no plans to love you," said Coraline. "No matter what. You can't make me love you.

The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.

Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.