The wind and the sea and the storm were his domain and I wanted nothing to do with them any longer. I just wanted Cain.

I understand if you choose to leave. If it means you get to live, I'd let you go. But you need to know, I won't ever regret a moment we've spent together

For I had loved Seid even in his darkest hours, even as he cursed me and we rode upon a fine line between ardor and abhorrence

The sea was my first home...Now that I had nowhere else to go, this was the last place I felt safe.

Seid was the storm and the winds and the sea. I was his light beacon, keeping him away from the rocks. But he thought I had betrayed him.

When we kissed, the skies had never appeared more heavenly, nor the seas a more brilliant shade of sapphire blue.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Your pain is reminding you that the gift of life is tender and precious. Suffering cuts to the quick of aliveness.

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.

At 35, I'm thinking, Oh, I don't have any of that initial inspiration that I had before, all that angst. I always thought I would burn out very quickly.

What you need and what you want aren't the same things.

When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life.

Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion.

The rules are very strict.

No Taxes. Let's just tip the government 15% if they do a good job.

Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.