Well, look at this--we're all here. [From Straight Up Midnight: An Introductory Note]

"I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love; I still believe that connections between people can be made and that the spirits which inhabit us sometimes touch. I still believe that the cost of these connections is horribly, outrageously high...and I still believe that the value received far outweighs the price which must be paid. I still believe, I suppose, in the coming of the white and in finding a place to make a stand...and defending that place to the death." (From the Introduction)