Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.

There's power in the truth, just like there's power in making the right choice

That's how Darkness works. It turns love into something bad.

Darkness got you like Shelob gor Frodo, only worse.

I felt like I was hobbling, like one oof the old crones from Act I of Macbeth - God knows my hair felt scraggy enough that I must have looked the part.

Bird boy kept us out there in the freezing rain while he yammered about the Red One this and Red One that. Darius got Zoey in here despite his help".

Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you.