What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that's what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.

Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success. What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.

If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.