“Menshikov wants to see the old gold swallowed by Apophis. He wants to see the world plunged into darkness and chaos. He is quite insane."Oh."[great response, I know. But what do you say to a story like that?]”

“Hmmm. See, in this world, Xirena, the Simi does what she wants and akri, he say, ‘Okay, Simi, whatever you want, Simi.’ Unless it involves eating people; then he usually says no, but that’s the only time. Other than that, he do what the Simi says. See how that works? (Simi)”

“What do you want to see?" he asks. What I always want to see. "A place I'll never forget.”

“What a lovely balance. Lend shows whatever he wants the world to see and you see through whatever the world wants to show you.”

“If you do not like what someone says, stand up and challenge them by saying what you feel. Be the change that you want to see in the world around you.”

“I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.”