Fantasy is not the literature of subversion of the status quo but of 'awakening to' the status quo.

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.

Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea. Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink. Is the glass part full or part empty? Take another sip. And now?

Consolation has been wrongly reviled. Consolation is not apathy or inaction. It is not closing one's eyes to the evils of the world. Rather, consolation is the first step in regaining personal equilibrium and strength, which necessarily precedes the ability to act.

The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.

Would you like to know your future? If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator. So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise.

I think fantasy literature is the one true literature of hope and imagination.