“What is wise in this world exists equally inside of us and outside of us, and it is through collaboration that wisdom, stories, songs are made manifest.”

“Goodness will never win against evil. That split is an irresponsible division of reality.”

“Why not"! That is SO wise. So many things would be possible in this world if you thought "Why not?" all day long.”

“Why do we do it? What’s in our brains that makes us suddenly want bad food when we’re stressed?’I’ve read that people use this sort of food to dull their senses. It basically pollutes your body so it isn’t as sensitive and receptive to outside influences. So maybe that’s it. It’s a form of self-medication. Or self-dopification.”

“The wind always brings us back to the same wall”

“Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part of what makes us who we are. ”

“The real magic - the magic we'd lived with all our lives, my mother's magic of charms and cantrips, of salt by the door and a red silk sachet to placate the little gods - had turned sour on us that summer, somehow, like a spider that turns from good luck to bad at the stroke of midnight, spinning its web to catch our dreams. And for every little spell of charm, for every card dealt and every rune cast and every sign scratched against a doorway to divert the path of malchance, the wind just blew a little harder, tugging at our clothes, sniffing at us like a hungry dog, moving us here and moving us there.”