F.T. McKinstry quotes:

Gardens are made of darkness and light entwined.

Three days. A war fought over a woman could go three suns as easily. Or three hundred.

Master of magic, god of war, Odin wanders alone.

Springtime blooms the starry treeBearing fruit the mariners see.High by night and low by dawnThe silver apple guides us home.

The gods cared nothing for those they touched. Especially war gods.

Innocence crafts its own demise.

When in doubt, follow the senses of beasts.

Wizard is as wizard does.

My woman has a wandering eye;Yarrow, thyme and thorn.She eyes the ocean and the skyWhile stitching sails, forlorn.I got a kiss, and then a tearAs she bade me go;But on the waves, my heart's in fear:My woman's in the know.

The forces of the sea give rise to imagination, which reflects them according to the nature and disposition of the perceiver. The sea itself is undifferentiated and without bias.

If you are in doubt about what's balanced, look to the natural world. Animals know the right paths.

The light from his torch painted the barren forest in shades of his own reflection, black-haired, gray-eyed and pale for want of a touch. He pulled his cloak close, unable to determine which made him more uncomfortable: the dreary woods or the new moon settling onto his heart like a cloud of moths.

The older a wizard grows, the more silent he becomes, like a woody vine growing over time to choke a garden path, deep and full of moss and snakes, running everywhere, impenetrable.

Love is whole. Love cannot be divided from itself. Love knows all paths, where even gods and cats are blind.

She held out her hands, cupped and holding a small plant.'The power to heal is the power to destroy,' she said with the faintest smile.

In the calm, deep waters of the mind, the wolf waits.