[Imagination] must be visited constantly, or else it begins to become restless and emit strange bellows at embarrassing moments; ignoring it only makes it grow larger and noisier.
Patricia A. McKillipPeace, tremulous, unexpected, sent a taproot out of nowhere into Morgan's heart.
Patricia A. McKillipThere are no simple words. I don't know why I thought I could hide anything behind language.
Patricia A. McKillipThose who fear the imagination condemn it: something childish, they say, something monsterish, misbegotten. Not all of us dream awake. But those of us who do have no choice.
Patricia A. McKillipI would be mute, beautiful, changless as the earth for you. I would be your memory, without age, always innocent, always waiting in the King's white house. I would do that for you and no other man inthe relm. But it would be a lie and I will do anything but lie to you - I swear that.
Patricia A. McKillip