You could give me the past,“ he said a little sadly. “But Alec is my future.

It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense.

Sorry, are you telling me that your demon-slaying buddies need to be driven to their next assignment with the forces of darkness by my mom?

You're not so bad. You'll get there. You should have seen Alec do flips at first. I think he kicked himself in the head once.

Do you not tire of eternity? Do you not wish to end your suffering?" "By leaping into the Void? Not really.

Then I lost him for a brief period of time, and by the time I caught up with him, he had wandered into Hyde Park, waded into the Serpetine, spread his arms wide, and was shouting, 'Ducks, embrace me as your king!

He was gazing at her, the way one did when one felt one was unobserved. He had that look on his face, the look he usually got only when he was playing the violin, as if he were completely caught up and entranced.