So Long As It Fated, Fate Didn't

Any Moment Called Now Is Always Full Of Possibles.

In The Field Of Fantastic Fiction, The Question Of World-building Is Not Uncontroversial. But I Grew Up With 'dungeons And Dragons,' So That Whole World-building Thing Is Very Close To My Heart.

A Scholar Can Never Let Mere Wrongness Get In The Way Of The Theory.

A Sickly Little Smile Grew And Died On His Mouth Like A Fungus.

There Are Only So Many Ways To Experience Pain. There Are An Almost Limitless Number Of Ways To Inflict It, But The Pain Itself, Initially Vividly Distinct In All Its Specifications, Becomes, Inevitably, Just Pain.