For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

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Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely...

Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely...

Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want...

What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want...

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never...

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never...

What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas,...

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas,...

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed...

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed...

There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random...

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random...

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped...

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped...

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium,...

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium,...

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics...

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics...

Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so...

Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so...

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes,...

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes,...

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain...

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain...

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and...

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and...

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at...

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at...

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the...

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the...