But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what yo… - Neil Gaiman

Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in. Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.

It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it is astonishing how fragile that can be.

Still, no use crying over unspilt milk, and you can’t mend an omelette without unbreaking a few eggs.