If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.
We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books.
Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act.
I'm a firm supporter of the word polyamory. But that one is close to my heart.
Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
It is quite a thing. There are so many men, all endlessly trying to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me lest I fall.