And then he was silent; and from far above they heard the sounds of crows flying, cawing angrily. Crows. Family Corvidae. Collective noun, intoned Mr. Croup, relishing the sound of the word. a murder.
And if you are waiting for a new book in a long ongoing series, whether from George or from Pat Rothfuss or from someone else...
Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisements said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighborhood, 4) a...
All we really know of the universe is what filters in through our senses, and that isn’t a whole lot. Take the electromagnetic spectrum. It includes virtually every ripple of energy that powers the co...
Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.
A voice from the creature, smooth as buttered oil. He-llo, is said. Ding-dong. You look remarkably like dinner.I'm Charlie Nancy, said Charlie Nancy. Who are you?I am Dragon, said the dragon. And I sh...
Per favore. Come ti chiami?- domandò al gatto. -Senti, io mi chiamo Coraline. Okay?Il gatto sbadigliò lentamente e con attenzione, rivelando una bocca e una lingua di un rosa sorprendente. - I gatti n...
That being brave didn’t mean you weren’t scared. Being brave meant you were scared, really scared, badly scared, and you did the right thing anyway.
You're very good. Are you a professional artist?I dabble, she said. Shadow had spent enough time talking to the English to know that this meant either that she dabbled, or that her work was regularly...
You really don't understand, do you? I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn't mean anyt...
You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable....
You know that I love you.And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. The other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold. In the other mother's...
You can always cheat an honest man, but it takes more work.
With cities, as with people, Mister Vandemar, said Mr. Croup, fastidiously, the condition of the bowels is all-important.
When your children grow, when your dark locks begin to silver, when you are an old woman, alone with your three bears, what will you see? What stories will you tell?
When people tell you there’s something wrong with a story, they’re almost always right. When they tell what it is that’s wrong and how it can be fixed, they’re almost always wrong.
What’s your name, lad?Newton. Newton Pulsifer.LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling creature from the pit, wanton limbs steaming from the fleshpots of Had...
We don't have a clue what's really going down, we just kid ourselves that we're in control of our lives while a paper's thickness away things that would drive us mad if we thought about them for too l...
Watch out for that pedestrian!It's on the street, it knows the risks it's taking!
Tristan and Yvaine were happy together. Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they were happy, as these things go, for a long while