The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.

Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.

The Warrior knows the value of persistence and of courage.

No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm not telling you to seek out other writers but to find people with different skills from yourself, because writing is no different from any other activity done with joy and enthusiasm.