I don’t trick.” he replied, his voice huffy. “I wheedle and cajole. Occasionally I manipulate, but I’m always very sneaky about i, so you wouldn’t know it was happening until it was far too late.

When someone refuses to speak, those around him are left to imagine what his thoughts might be, and all too often the possibilities conjured up are not pleasant ones... Sometimes, no matter how much you wish to proclaim them, it is better to keep your thoughts to yourself. Speaking out when someone else is silent puts the speaker at a disadvantage.

My power casts down your power, if only for a moment. Your pain replaces mine.

Stories are tricky things, aren’t they?

Really believing in “once upon a time”. Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you’ve never been before.

How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?

Even a fool could become dangerous when armed with a secret.

A home is a place one’s heart creates and so recognizes as its own. A place it enters of its own free will. All others are merely dwelling places.

Spring works wonders everywhere.

The most powerful wish there is, one that is a birth and death wish, all at the same time.