The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.
Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires.
Real people are made out of a whole lot of things-flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.
Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.
The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.
A witty and informative professor posits that more authors do not choose titles borrowed from Shakespeare's sonnets and plays for the reason some people claim not to have partners: "All the good ones are taken."