Ew, sicko. I was practicing Edomic." "Sure you were," Jason said. "You're just too embarrassed to admit you were playing hide-and-seek all alone. Rachel hiding, nobody seeking.

Seth hustled over. “What’s the password?” “Passwords are for sissies,” Warren’s muffled voice responded. “Works for me,” Seth said, unlocking the door and opening it.

The surprise is on the far side." "You're sure?" "Positive." "It better not be another fairy," Seth said. "What's the matter with fairies?" "I've already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus.

I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed. So do we," Newel assured him.

It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Everyone should get to clobber a princess at least once," Jason said.