In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.

In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.

One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.

Hooves clomping over the whitewashed planks, Doren sprinted along the boardwalk after Rondus, a portly satyr with butterscotch fur and horns that curved away from each other. Puffing hard, Rondus cut through a gazebo and started down the stairs to the field. Only a few steps behind, Doren went airborne and slammed into the heavyset satyr. Together they pitched violently forward into the grass, staining their skin green.

Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most.

The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault

Not kill us," Pigeon corrected. "She was mainly just trying to turn us into mindless slaves.