"Tortured Soul 101: The depth of despair one experiences during the creative process (as experienced say, in an abysmally blank page or canvas) is directly proportional to the scope and power of the wo..."
- F.T. McKinstry
"Melisande lay in bed in the loft of her cottage in Graebrok Forest north of Odr. Wide awake and blinking in the dark, she listened to the mice above her head. Nearly a moon past, her swordsman had rep..."
"Love is whole. Love cannot be divided from itself. Love knows all paths, where even gods and cats are blind."
"Wizard is as wizard does."
"In the calm, deep waters of the mind, the wolf waits."
"The older a wizard grows, the more silent he becomes, like a woody vine growing over time to choke a garden path, deep and full of moss and snakes, running everywhere, impenetrable."
"Gardens are made of darkness and light entwined."
"The forces of the sea give rise to imagination, which reflects them according to the nature and disposition of the perceiver. The sea itself is undifferentiated and without bias."
"Master of magic, god of war, Odin wanders alone."
"Lorth spoke a word and came into focus, though he had learned from experience that his features, the ghost-pale skin of a Northman with the gold-green eyes of a wolf, were almost as unnerving to a Tar..."