Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

He was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn't realize that once a noose is tied it will fit one neck as easily as another.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.

It doesn't eat meat." I said. "It's a herbivore. It's like a big cow." Denna looked at me and started to laugh. Not hysterical laughter, but the helpless laughter of someone who's just heard something so funny they can't help but bubble over with it. She put her hands over her mouth and shook with it, the only sound was a low huffing that escaped through her fingers. There was another flash of blue fire from below. Denna froze midlaugh, then took her hands away from her mouth. She looked at me, her eyes wide, and spoke softly with a slight quaver in her voice, "Mooooo.

Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made.

But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.