There is now a link to this blog on Shreya's blog. I feel like I've accomplished something...but it's not a permanent link, like Karen's...grr...

I really want to type another scene from "Illusions". But alas, the book is again up in my room, while I am in the basement. I shall have to content myself with these quotes from the Messiah's Handbook (hopefully I got them right):

"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."

"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A goodbye is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

"If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats." (I really like this one.)

"...Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less-advanced life-forms, and they'll call you crazy."

"Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully."