There is nothing foolish about hope..

In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am co….

This means, in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not….

There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully..

Determination could easily become obsession..

You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I don't you l….

Immortality gets very, very boring. You'd be surprised at how interesting the small mundanities of life can seem after a few millennia..

...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears..

The Cloud Roads has wildly original worldbuilding, diverse and engaging characters, and a thrilling adventure plot. It's that rarest of fantasies: fr….

But love like that doesn't just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there is always a little love left, underneath. Yes. Horrible, i….

So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we a….

Calling something exotic emphasizes its distance from the reader. We don't refer to things as exotic if we think of them as ordinary. We call somethi….

You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you..

But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much..

Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright..

It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy; it is dangerous. We can never be gods, ….

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem..

There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child..

It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil..

Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?.

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease..