A pause came between them, and it was so full of Akiva that Karou imagined she could smell him.

Stars got tangled in her hair whenever she played in the sky.

Light coursed through Karou and darkness chased it-burning through her, chilling her, shimmer and shadow, ice and fire, blood and starlight, rushing, roaring, filling her.

She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx.

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.

Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more.

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.

Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.

She knocked and waited, because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different.

Where am I and doing what? You might well ask. Freaky chick, you say? You can't imagine. I am priestess of a sandcastle in a land of dust and starlight.

I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free.

Choice-Judgement.Black coffee acidon an empty stomach.Perception.Cool, clear water.

Sometimes the best songs almost write themselves

Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.

Non-Newtonian calculi... have considerable potential as alternative approaches to traditional problems.

Depression is like slashing at ghosts. Of course it's tempting to finally cut something real.

In the end analysis, all we have is who we are and the way we have lived our lives.

Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.

Obedience completes itself in understanding.

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.

What gets measured gets done.