Wrath watched the doctor go through the little monitoring room and out into the hall. A moment later, she returned with the tall, thin physician. Havers bowed to him and to Beth through the glass and...

Within the same hour as the murder took place, Isabel Trumbo sat in her armchair dozing, the Alaskan Outdoor magazine on her lap. Her kid sister Alma fidgeted in the other armchair, from time to time...

We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.

Try not to trip, she added. We don't have time for a concussion today.I groaned. That would be just like me - ruin everything, destroy the world, in a moment of klutziness.

The singers make much of kings who valiantly die in battle, but your life is worth more than a sword. To me at least, who gave it to you.

The lake water was reinventing the forest and the white moon above it, and wolves lapped up the cold reflection of the sky.

Stories can save us.

Stories are for joining the past to the future.

Some toy you give, he said, gritty-voiced, and now the two tears in the corners of his eyes began to slide down his cheeks.You remembered the day Daddy said he would give me this when I became a docto...

Rachel wiggles in my hold. You’re strong.My lips twitch. Pure steel.

Petey Samson gave the ladies an over-the-shoulder glance. He realized no doggie treat was forthcoming, even from Isabel who was usually the soft mark to hit up. He scratched his front claws to re-atta...

Oh what an ill fate it was that has made me love that man.

Now we know that man is more than two million years old,' exlaimed Heyerdahl, 'it would be very strange if our ancestors lived like primitive food collectors for all that time until suddenly they star...

Naturally, Coach Hedge went ballistic; but Percy found it hard to take the satyr seriously since he was barely five feet tall.Never in my life! Coach bellowed, waving his bat and knocking over a plate...

My children are monsters, Kiro thought. And I am responsible. Perhaps if I had read them the haikus of Basho when they were little instead of that American manifesto of high-pressure sales, Green Eggs...

Memory is always in art, even when it works involuntarily.

Maybe if I separate the coincidences out, push them further apart, you might believe them more. One the other hand, I don't care whether you believe them, because they're true. And in any case, I stil...

I´m with you, but Lucy? He sounded dark and baleful. Lucy´s mine.

It's just, there's something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say.

If you’re looking for fast driving there’s a dragway in the southwestern part of the county. It opens next week.Do you race there? he asks.Yes. And I plan on spending a lot of time there over the next...