You cant reduce me to a set of influences.

Evil's just destructive? Then storms are evil, if it's that simple. And we have fire, and there there's hail. Underwriters lump it all under 'Acts of God.

It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm.

In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.

I am the dragon, and you call me insane.

He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.