I have never lied, “ Mr. Barris counters, standing as well. “I do not share what I am not at liberty to say. I gave my word and I intend to keep it but I have never lied to you. You never even asked me, you assumed I knew nothing.

They say it's darkest before the dawn, but it also tend to be quietest, and the quiet lets you hear yourself better.

I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister.

Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars.

You're in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that's enough.

That's the beauty of it. Have you seen the contraptions these magicians build to accomplish the most mundane feats? They are a bunch of fish covered in feathers trying to convince the public they can fly, I am simply a bird in their midst.

Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated.