A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.

Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain.

It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?

Could you help me catch the moon?” “I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you should think this over, boy. When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you’ll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

When someone writes something dazzlingly brilliant, people want to imitate it. The result is a lot of less-than-brilliant knock-offs. Elves, Dwarves, Goblin army, cursed ring, evil sorcerer. Tolkien did it. It rocked. Let's move on. Let's do something new.

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.

Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.