In those stories, one is often asked to do something unimaginably terrible to the creature. Cut off it's head, say. A test. Not a test of love. A test of trust. Trust lifts the spell.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.

I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.

No, " said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court.""Well, I'm not, he dumped me.""You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court.""Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.

A stroll by the silent shores watching the sunset-Every bookaholic's dream.

Some people just walk into our hearts.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us.

Ah me, thou Destiny, Giver of evil gifts.

You don't gossip while your man is driving. You sit there quietly until you're about 5 minutes from your destination then you say, would you like some road head?

I am persecuted because of my writings, I think, therefore, that I should write some more.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated.

You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.