I know he sees it, because for the briefest moment he drops his expressionless mask and the look in his eyes shows me he feels the same way. A mirror of every part of myself I can't bear to face.

That's why literature is so fascinating. It's always up for interpretation, and could be a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It's never the same thing twice.

A Winterian wielding an Autumnian weapon, using Cordellan allegiance to bring Spring crumbling down.

I know there are things you aren’t telling me. Big things…Sir, I will find out. I only hope your reasoning is good enough for me to forgive you.

I can weave threads of myself into a tapestry already designed by others.

No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.

Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen, " he says in response.

All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children.

In the face of all that has happened, it feels good, really good, to just breathe for a moment.

Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.

Humans need to learn the lesson of acceptance when things seem to go awry, know that this is only temporary, your flow of good is assured with acceptance, gratefulness, love and joy. - fairy quote

Reading a book is one mind playing with another.

I am alive, I live, I breathe, I put my hand out, unfolded, into the sunlight.

The new mixed economy looks...for a synergy between public and private sectors.

Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live in an almost permanent condition of stimulation and excitement.

Most of my horror inspiration is really older stuff and really new stuff.

She is deranged, but so so playful.

The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.

It is precisely the despair of our times that convinces me that a renaissance is right around the corner.