"When you punish a person for dreaming his dreamDon't expect him to thank or forgive you."
- John Darnielle
"And when the clouds do clear awayGet a momentary chance to seeThe thing I've been trying to beat to deathThe soft creature that I used to beThe better animal I used to be"
"It's in the nature of the landscape to change, and it's in the nature of people to help the process along..."
"The wind comes across the plains not howling but singing. It's the difference between this wind and its big-city cousins: the full-throated wind of the plains has leeway to seek out the hidden registe..."
"It’s hard to describe, this feeling of seeing your kids spending time together like adults, meeting up again after being out there in the world like free agents. There’s something giddy and unreal abo..."
"If you work with or around children, you often hear a lot about how resilient they are. It's true; I've met children who've been through things that would drive most adults to the brink. They look and..."
"Cool parents, I thought, are the ones who know nothing. It made me feel a little sad for mine, but I didn't say any of this."
"Their boots were black and shiny and your treasures gleamed like stars,Bones from deep down in the fertile crescent."
"My grief sought out all parts of my body it hadn't yet inhabited, and I felt like I might collapse in on myself right there, at last, spectacularly"
"Dark, primitive magic. Swords Against Death."