It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author's ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood.

But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.

Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish.

It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.

You know, small children take it as a matter of course that things will change every day and grown-ups understand that things change sooner or later and their job is to keep them from changing as long as possible. It’s only kids in high school who are convinced they’re never going to change. There’s always going to be a pep rally and there’s always going to be a spectator bus, somewhere out there in their future.