“That story, as all good stories, planted a seed in my soul and never left me.”

“I believe that fiction with its untrammelled nature, speaks to no one, and by so doing, speaks to all.”

“He spoke slowly, his voice deeper and louder, every word tacked nine-inches deep into the beams of our minds.”

“Hatred is a leech: The thing that sticks to a person's skin; that feeds off them and drains the sap out of one's spirit. It changes a person, and does not leave until it has sucked the last drop of peace from them.”

“That story, as all good stories, planted a seed in my soul and never left me.”