The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more. - Patricia A. McKillip

Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.

Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me.

You can weave your life so long — only so long, and then a thing in the world out of your control will tug at one vital thread and leave you patternless and subdued.