Just because he was pretty didn't mean he couldn't be improved by a smack upside the head with a piece of earnest hickory

It's about average for us. Behavior always draws more than survey. We're the sexy ones,' Nate said with a grin. Amy snorted. 'Oh, yeah, you guys are the Mae Wests of the nerd world.' We're action nerds,' Nate said. 'Adventure nerds. Nerds of romance.

It's very difficult to stay angry when a room full of bald guys in orange robes start giggling. Buddhism.

Tommy had felt alone in a crowd before, even inferior to everyone in a crowd, but now he felt, well, different. It wasn't just the clothes and the make up, it was the humanity. He wasn't part of it. Heightened senses or not, he felt like he had his nose pressed against the window, looking in. The problem was, it was the window of a donut shop.

Foul and magical fumes bubbled out of the kettle, like the flatulence of a dragon on a demon-only diet.

He has the attention span of a hummingbird.

I am convinced by the events of the last few weeks that nefarious forces of people--unidentified but no less real--are threatening life as we know it, and in fact, may be bent on unraveling the very fabric of our existence.