"It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man's hand and the wisdom in a tree's root: they all arise together. My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water, or an unborn child, all are syllables of the great word that is slowly spoken by the shining of the stars. There is no other power. No other name."

I read "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie" after finishing this, for more insight, and it gave more context to her style. Her work is less character driven, slower and pensive, but more fantastical and whimsical than most, with a clear language that seems inspired by oral tradition, and atmospherical as no other. I'm excited to try her sci-fi, where it seems she will have "more to say", but she is definitely a master of her craft.