I saw something last night-a flash of power from an unexpected source. I can’t jump to conclusions – I’ve been looking and waiting and watching for too long to make a mistake. But in my...

I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River’s Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

I cared about them. I wanted them to feel better, to live better lives. And then it occurred to me – I cared about myself. I wanted me to live a better life, too Caring...

Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess’s magick…

Please, please be some sex-starved nutcase who wants to kidnap me and make me your love slave, I begged silently.

Maybe what River had meant was that time itself was like a river, moving steadily forward, and you got to be in a new river every day, every hour. All my life I’d felt like...

The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death.

No, officer, I have no idea why I’m wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad.”-Nastasya

There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in death, thorns on the rose.

I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever.

At that moment I remembered something Cal had told me: that there is beauty in darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life and death, thorns on the rose. I knew then that I could not...

I felt an overwhelming gratitude in my life right now and wanted a chance to acknowledge it. I felt that any thanks given to any god all went to the same place, anyway, no matter...

Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life,” Asher said. “A day is made of a thousand decisions, most small,...

I looked deeply into the fire, and the timeless, eternal dance of colors I saw there was so beautiful, I wanted to cry. Cal’s deep voice floated toward me as clearly as a whisper in...

Lo bueno de ser inmortal es que no puedes beber literalmente hasta caerte muerto, como lo hacen los niñatos universitarios de vez en cuando. Lo malo de ser inmortal es que no puedes beber hasta...

If you can change things, change them, but don’t waste time worrying about things you can’t change.

—… Ahora, vamos: dibuja un círculo, tan redondo como puedas. Tenía un mal presentimiento acerca de todo aquello. A pesar de ello, obedecí: así soy yo, siempre confiada y obediente. Ja.

Nothing is static; things always change. The best you can do is change along with them and work with what you have.

Then what’s the point of trying if you can’t even win?””You win in lots of different ways,” Asher said. “Lots of little wins. The point of this life is not to be good all the...

I’m here by choice, I reminded myself. I’m here because I can’t bear to be not- here anymore. I’m here because I can’t tell right from wrong, light from dark. I’m here because I can’t...

Have you ever seen a god laugh? It makes you catch your breath and feel hopeful and shivery and excited all at the same time. That’s how it was watching Cal.

Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat.”I grinned. “I’ve noticed.”Reyn’s face tightened and Nell flushed, looking embarrassed. “It’s an equestrian term.””Really? I thought you were talking about his ass.

Yes, I do.

I didn’t know where this stuff was coming from – all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with my stone, feeling my earth roots, la la la…All I can is describe...

There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.