The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

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.

Luck's the word those with poor hearts use for ka.

And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you're inside.

My childhood was pretty ordinary, except from a very early age, I wanted to be scared. I just did. I was scared afterwards. I wanted a light on, because I was afraid that there was something in the closet. My imagination was very active, even at a young age.

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen

...they came to see what happened to their town, to see if it was indeed lying burnt and bleeding. Many of them also came to die.