A Preoccupation With The Next World Clearly

A Preoccupation With The Next World Clearly Shows An Inability To Cope Credibly With This One.

We All Get Our Dreams Stamped On From Time To Time, Right? And If It Didn’t Hurt, What Kind Of Second-rate Dreams Would They Be?

A Weapon Is A Tool," She Repeated, A Little Breathlessly. "a Tool For Killing And Destroying. And There Will Be Times When, As An Envoy, You Must Kill And Destroy. Then You Will Choose And Equip Yourself With The Tools That You Need. But Remember The Weakness Of Weapons. They Are An Extension--you Are The Killer And Destroyer. You Are Whole, With Or Without Them.

For Me, Any Fiction Of Nobles And Swords Necessarily Has To Be A Story Of Corruption, Injustice And Savagely Violent Conflict - Because Any Other Treatment Is Going To Have All The Heft And Realistic Honesty Of A Bedtime Fairy Tale For Five Year Olds.

Hand Over Your Responses To The Man Who Triggers Them, And You Have Already Lost The Battle For Self. Look Beyond, And Find Yourself There Instead.