Leavening the flat bread of what we know, with the yeast of what we dream may come to pass.

Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat

A monster lies in wait in me,a stew of wounds and misery.But fiercer still in life and limb,the me that lies in wait in him

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

You just have to trust your own madness.

Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Evil, however powerful it seemed,could be undone by its own appetite

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

Fundamentalism's strident denunciation of its opponents is a sign of its weakness, its dogmatic authoritarianism is a pathological mutation of faith.

I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.

We all make mistakes. We must keep finding the right paths.

I remember you from the woods. Where's your sister?""She's busy. Sinning.

IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.

I was the life and she was the soul of every party.

Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.

I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.

I had a father who was a traveling salesman.

Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.