Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. - Charles de Lint

You must always confront your fears,” Goon said as though she hadn’t spoken. “Then skulking monsters become merely unfamiliar shadows, thrown by a tree bough. Whispering voices are just the wind. The wild flare of panic is merely a burst of emotion, not a terror spell cast by some evil witch.

The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it’s really a wheel.

I know that feeling all too well, but I broke the only pair of rose-colored glasses I had the chance to own a long time ago.