What do I want on my tombstone?

( Life, death, and various foolish regrets of mine... )

What makes you laugh?

All right. I'd better explain, first, that there are various kinds of laughing. There are laughs that say "I find you utterly ridiculous. You can't possibly be this stupid." There are laughs that say "I don't find that funny at all; get out of the room before I hex you." And then there is the unexpected kind of laughter ( Read more... )

If you could have dinner with anyone in all of history, who would it be?

( I think I'll be dining alone. )

What is your guilty pleasure?When I am sick of everything - and by everything, I mean the world in general, of course (none of this "only the bad things that happened to me," because there are quite a few of those and yet I still function) - I retreat to my room at the top of the tower. And read. And eat marzipan, when Circe hasn't devoured it ( Read more... )

( Private )

( Godric and Rowena finally, er, talk. With confusing consequences. )

( A Brief Summary of a Brief Marriage )

What's more important - self preservation or forgiveness?

Self-preservation! Forgiveness. Self-preservation. Of course. Even if it gets people killed. Because, after all, you can always forgive people as long as you're still around. And they are. Right?

Of course you can. Mostly.

I mean, I suppose there are a few huge gaping flaws in my ( Read more... )

Do you believe in love at first sight?

...do I what?Oh, I see. This is one of those silly questions. Why should I? Love at first sight! It's nonsense, that's what it is. Love in general is. I was married once - it was a deal before we'd ever met and because of a war that never quite got around to happening in full force. Then my husband ( Read more... )

Is there ever a good reason to get blindingly drunk?Blindingly? Well, no. I mean, there are good reasons that one would want to get drunk, but none that really require drunkenness. When life becomes so difficult to bear that the only remedy for dispair is destraction, that is a reason to get drunk. But I find that there are easier distractions ( Read more... )