I believe you have my umbrella" he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish.

This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held.

I have absurdly vivid dreams.

The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.

Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

Tarot is just stories on cards.

Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

Love is fickle and fleeting," Tsukiko continues. "It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.

Being good at what you do is never enough

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome.

Luther, bring the gatekeeper quickly!" Bell ordered. "Just how did you get in, Miss Drew?" "I came in at the entrance," Nancy replied. "The larkspur is beautiful.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.

As human beings, we always expect everyday change to happen slowly and steadily, and for there to be some relationship between cause and effect.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning.

Always take a banana to a party.