I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.

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.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.

I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.

I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood.