This sight was terrible, more terrible than words convey, for words are cowards as men are, and hide things… — Tanith Lee

When a road is very dark it is hard to see the milestones on it.

Tonight it was to be a play for aristocrats to watch, concerning gods and shepherds; it was the humble villages that clamored for princesses and emperors.

They say the promise of a witch is like a plain woman, seldom remembered.