We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
Pirates have always fascinated me.
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.
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.