Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for others before me

Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

In the end we always wear out our worries. That’s what Wireman says.

She didn't see him at first. She was watching the dancers. Her color was high, and there were deep dimples at the corners of her mouth. She looked nine miles out of place, but he had never loved her more. This was Willa on the edge of a smile.

Long days and pleasant nights

Friends. They aren’t any such thing as good friend or bad friend. Maybe there are just friend. People who stand by you when you're hurt and who helped you feel not so lonely. Maybe there are worth being scared for and hoping for and living for. Maybe worth dying for too. If that what has to be. No bad friends. Only people you want. Need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.

The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.