The fountain of youth is like the monkeys paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well..

I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying..

The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay as ministers,….

It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower.

What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter..

The dead person is not truly dead until the last person who rememebers them dies..

I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I wonder: are they dre….

Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become ….