This You Have To Understand.

However You Look At It, In These Books "power" Tends To Be An Expression Of The Essential Nature Of The Person Or Being Whose Power It Is. On Those Occasions When We've Seen Lord Foul Act Directly, He Seems To Exert The Withering Force Of Pure Scorn. Imho, That's Pretty Intense.

Where Do You Get Dreams Like This?

Part Of Him Wanted To Weep... But His Purpose Was Rigid Within Him. He Felt He Could Not Bend To Gentleness Without Breaking.

We Need Metaphors Of Magic And Monsters In Order To Understand The Human Condition.

Are You A Person—with Volition And Maybe Some Stubbornness And At Least The Capacity If Not The Actual Determination To Do Something Surprising—or Are You A Tool? A Tool Just Serves Its User. It’s Only As Good As The Skill Of Its User, And It’s Not Good For Anything Else. So If You Want To Accomplish Something Special—something More Than You Can Do For Yourself—you Can’t Use A Tool. You Have To Use A Person And Hope The Surprises Will Work In Your Favor. You Have To Use Something That’s Free To Not Be What You Had In Mind.