“We’re living in an age in which everything is allowed, and democracy is being devoured and destroyed by that limitless freedom.”— Paulo Coelho Related Quotes “Fiction—good fiction, anyway—is dream made flesh, given purpose and drive, and set on a quest to show us the best in us and to give us the power and the tools to dream beyond reality’s ‘merely good enough’ to a vision of what is truly great……and then to give us the stories of men and women of character who in turn inspire those of us who dare to reach for the truly great within ourselves.THAT is why you write fiction.”— Holly Lisle “As the sun went down outside, the television screen started completely lighting up the room in obnoxiously bright colors at hyperactive speeds. The conversation had been slowly rising in volume and frequency, as everyone started becoming more delinquent and the social boundaries slowly wore away. I don’t remember what any of them said because I wasn’t honestly paying any attention. I was focusing on my own misery and trying to numb the inner demons, the ugly things Thomas claimed came from the Outside World. Yet, to me, it wasn’t outside, but rather INSIDE, as in my own head. I kept hearing Charley’s voice from bits and pieces of conversations we had, laughter that I’ll never hear ever again.”— J.C. Joranco “Do you want the truth or fiction?”— Jon Chopan