“My daily activities are not unusual—I am just naturally in harmony with them,Grasping nothing, discarding nothing,And everyplace there’s no hindrance, no conflict.My supernatural power and marvelous activityIs drawing water and carrying firewood.”
“My dad always said that water makes the dead feel safe. Nothing draws them more. Or hides thembetter.”
“I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am just someone with a large prefrontal cortex...and nothing more?”
“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”
“there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.”
“I am everything. I am nothing. I am powerful. I am forgotten.”