There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two of them.

The end of times? said Nanny. Look, Tiff, Esme tol' me to say, if you want to see Esmerelda Weatherwax, then just you look around. She is here. Us witches don't mourn for very long. We are satisfied w...

Poems should be like pins which prick the skin of boredom and leave a glow equal in its pride to the gate of the sadist who stuck the pin and walked away

Petey Samson gave the ladies an over-the-shoulder glance. He realized no doggie treat was forthcoming, even from Isabel who was usually the soft mark to hit up. He scratched his front claws to re-atta...

My heart is where you are, Ainsley. So when you leave... Cameron made an empty gesture.I'll come back, she said stubbornly. To this wreck of a man? Why should you?Because I love you

Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less...

It's just, there's something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say.

It is always thus. The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist. Fear, doubt, and hate have hamstrung more people than beasts ever have.

Inside, I was like: Ha, suck my spiky rubber strap-on, vampyre hunter!

In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States.

I understand that you are an accomplished swords-man, she finally said.He eyed her curiously. Where was she going with this? I like to fence, yes, he replied.I have always wanted to learn.Good God, Gr...

I think I have a very good idea why it is that anti-Semitism is so tenacious and so protean and so enduring. Christianity and Islam, theistic though they may claim to be, are both based on the fetishi...

He had wished me well in finding my own fate to follow, and I never doubted his sincerity. But it had taken me years to accept that his absence in my life was a deliberate finality, an act he had chos...

Having arrived at this point, he had found no direction in which to go save that of further withdrawal into a subjectivity which refused existence to any reality or law but its own. During these postw...

Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way.

Gary’s eyes narrowed. I’m pretty sure I don’t like you.My world is crumbling, Ryan said. I might have laughed. Because sass.

For, let's face it, digression is the soul of wit. Take philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.

Curran shrugged and pulled me back to him. 'You don't pick the family you're born into. You pick the one you make. I already chose my mate and glued her ass to the chair to make sure she knew it.

But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.''And it is also said,' answered Frodo: 'Go not to the Elves for cou...

Beau allowed the boat to stop, so that they bobbed gently in the water. It’s funny you should ask about that particular tale. The man who gave me the tickets for your concert was very interested in th...