Words are sexier than flesh.

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.

Many people think that crying is a sign of weakness, they're wrong - it is a sign of healing.

But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.

I'm a mother and I have a daughter. I'm lucky to be in a position where I'm able to teach her things like self love and acceptance.

No town can hope prosperity and trade, unless the press shall vigorously aid.

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

I think goodreads is the best place to look for books

Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.

The black nation of Egypt is the only country that has a science named after its culture: Egyptology

Art has absolutely no existence as veracity, as truth.

It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.