The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid.

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.

People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me.

The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid.

Your dreams will betray you. Go nowhere on a horse that fades.

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.