She Tortured Everybody Around Her,

We Have Reached The Point Where Ignorance And Neglect Are The Best We Can Hope For In A Ruler.

I Always Hated Those Fantasy Books Where, At The End, All The Kids Had To Go Home. At The End Of A Narnia Book, You Always Got Shown The Door. Same With The Wizard Of Oz And The Phantom Tollbooth. You Get Kicked Out Of Your Magic Land. It's Like, "by The Way, Here's Your Next Surprise: You Get To Go Home!" And The Kids Are All Like, "yay, We Get To Go Home!" I Never Bought That. Did Anybody Buy That?

Becoming An Author Changes Your Attitude Too. Once You See Where Books Come From, And How They're Made, They Never Seem Quite As Sacred Again.

Being A Hero, The Man Had Observed, Is Largely A Matter Of Knowing One’s Cues.

It's Time To Live With What We Have And Mourn What We Lost.