[I]t is things that make us happy when conversation begins to reveal itself as a paltry substitute.
Demonology: StoriesWe have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")
The Dragon: Fifteen StoriesGold is cold, and men who possess much of it are infected with its chill.
The Dying God & Other StoriesI watch people sometimes, wonder how they can walk around with the weight of what they know.
Dark Roots: StoriesThe moon hangs alien, heavy, like a lock on a door; the door is tightly shut. ("The North")
The Dragon: Fifteen StoriesI read somewhere that every life is the story of a single mistake, and then what happens after.
Everything to LoseIt was as if pain were a room he had entered and the door had been locked behind him.
Eating Naked: StoriesI hate it when everyone is so noble and good in a story that you can't imagine it being true at all.
FeudSometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.
A Fire Upon the Deep