The best way to keep yourself from doing something grossly self-destructive and stupid is to avoid the temptation to do it. For example, it is far easier to fend off inappropriate amorous desires if o...
The Senior Council--Couldn't find its heart if it had a copy of , X-ray vision, and a stethoscope.
The Faerie Courts are duking it out up there, and it’s probably going to be very hairy. The Summer Lady is our baddie, and the Winter Knight is her bitch. She has a magic hankie. She’s going to use it...
That’s why black magic is so easy—it comes from lust, from fear and anger, from things that are easy to feed and make grow.
That’s the true power of a wizard. I know things. Knowledge is power. With power comes responsibility.
That’s kind of awesome, I said. Children frequently are, Michael said.
That's the worst part about the walking dead... the stains.
Sometimes, son, Count Calderon said, you have to acknowledge that your future is in someone else’s hands.
Sometimes, being able to use magic was so cool.
Sometimes you get what's coming around. And sometimes, you are what's coming around.
Sometimes I think that’s where most of us are, I said. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It’s that second bit that’s important.
Sometimes I think that's where most of us are. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.
Sometimes I hate having a conscience, and a stupidly thorough sense of honor.
Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike. Most chicks do, I said. Roar of the engine and so on. Murphy’s blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. Pig. You really enjoy dropping a...
Someone is out there, I said. Someone who has been manipulating the events. Playing puppet master, stirring the pot, stacking the deck - Mixing metaphors? Thomas suggested.
Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.
So? Bob said. Hat up, go kill her. Problem solved. Bob, I said. You can't just go around killing people. I know. That's why you should do it. No, no. I can't go around killing people, either.
She’d grown up in a strict household; she’d gone insane with freedom the minute she ran away and got out on her own.
She was a complex woman, Anastasia said. Brilliant, erratic, passionate, committed, idealistic, talented, charming, insulting, bold, incautious, arrogant—and short-sighted, yes.
She studied my face for a long minute. Are you going to help my mom? It was a simple question. But how do you tell a child that things just aren't that simple, that some questions don't have simple an...