Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!

...even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.

Nathan Sutter," the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan." Is it Nate?" She calls me Honeylips.

Excruciating agony makes me cranky.

Jason decided not to add that the best way to get him to focus on something was to tell him not to think about it.

If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes; they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won’t hide from this. I would never live with myself.

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