Maya

“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a degree, your sanity. Writing novels worth reading will bugger up your mind, jeopardize your relationships, and distend your life. You have been warned.”
― David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

“Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“The Brain May Forget, But The Heart Will Remember”
― Yato-Noragami

“Oh, monsters are scared," said Lettie. "That's why they're monsters.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane