Sometimes, the best answer is a more interesting question.

No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about things, and a philosophy comes.

That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!

It's no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up at the infinite expanse of creation they have an uncontrollable urge to put something in the way .

If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.

This is Morbidia," said Vlad. "Although she's been calling herself Tracy lately, to be cool.

Inside every sane person there's a madman struggling to get out," said the shopkeeper. "That's what I've always thought. No one goes mad quicker than a totally sane person.