“A fearful mind doesn’t ask better questions, it looks for faster answers. It trades curiosity for certainty, and complexity for rules. Instead of exploring what’s changing, it scans for something to hold onto. Something to follow. Something that promises relief from uncertainty. And that’s where fear becomes easy to weaponize.”
Source: Learn to Love the Roller Coaster: Stories of Change, Resilience, and the Future to Come
“I fled Him down the nights and down the days
I fled Him down the arches of the years
I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind, and in the midst of tears
I hid from him, and under running laughter.”
Source: The Hound of Heaven
“It wasn’t desire.
It was recognition.”
Source: WOLF SUIT: A Dark Supernatural Noir — Book 1
“Some things refuse to be cleaned.
They choose to remain.”
Source: WOLF SUIT: A Dark Supernatural Noir — Book 1
“What was she doing here in this low depression underneath a pine tree? Something rustled in the undergrowth back in the woods, and she tried to curl up smaller so as not to be seen. What was out there?”
Source: Bear Me in Mind
“I am beginning to suspect,' he said, in barely a whisper, 'that you are not afraid enough of me.”
Source: The Poet Empress
“There’s hardly any of me left to give.”
Source: No Hard Feelings
“Survival wasn’t courage or triumph. It was the body staggering forward anyway after fear had stripped you raw.”
Source: Death in Driftless Hollow
“When life hangs in the balance, it tends to narrow your scope of focus, bring priorities into sharp relief, with pointy edges that leave nicks in your heart.”
Source: The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
“Gradually, he opened his eyes again and pinned Everett with a look that carried a heartrending mix of hope and grief. "Don't waste time on fear, Griff. Time's the one thing you can never get back.”
Source: To Love a Beast