Never, said Hagrid irritably, try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy stargazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon.

Lucy's Sabbath was generally of this amphibious nature. She kept it without hypocrisy in the morning, and broke it without reluctance in the afternoon.

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

Kaltain Rompier unleashed her shadowfire upon them all.This was not the ghost of shadowfire they had made her kill with—the reason why they had first approached her, lied to her when they invited her...

It was an emergency! Seth blurted. Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap o...

It might be most dramatically effective to begin the tale at the moment when Arnold Baffin rang me up and said, Bradley, could you come round here please, I think I have just killed my wife.

It is your duty to save these prospects from that disappointment. Every potential customer, who misses out on what you have to offer, due to your lack of zeal or passion, every prospect who ends up wi...

If you’ve bullshitted me, angel, I’m going to kill you.The other male rolled his eyes. I’m already dead, idiot.

I'm afraid that the gift of visiting the past is all that we have. We can revisit it, but only as it happened.

I want you to steal something.I smiled. Do you want the king's seal? I can get it for you.If I were you, said the magus, I'd stop bragging about that. His voice grated.My smile grew. The gold ring wit...

I thought commanders could order anything.They can order the moon to turn blue, too, but it doesn't happen. Listen, Ender, commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obe...

I like you. And I don't mean as a friend.

I have no name, she purred. I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.

I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after

However, on one occasion, several years ago, I was idiot enough to take a dose of LSD. (I did it to please a woman.) I had what is known as a 'bad trip'. It was a very bad trip. I shall not attempt to...

He looked down at the mask hanging around his neck. So simple a lie, and he could walk freely throughout the world.But would he then be trapped within the web of his own deception? What freedom could...

He laughs. Put some clothes on so you don't scare poor Kiara with your morning hard-on.I look down at my shorts. Sure enough, I've got la tengo dura in front of Kiara and Tuck. Shit. I reach out for t...

He does kiss like a pirate though, I was able to re-affirm that.

Go 'head. Those freaky-ass black eyes had stared at Butch with the intensity of a shark. Crack open that door. Run your little heart out. Run fast, run smart, call for help. Just know that I'll come a...

Generally the first week in September brings the hottest weather of the year, and this was no exception. Overhead the fans turned slow, their paddle blades stirring the air up close to the ceiling but...