Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

I wished for her,” he says.

I mean only that I hope they find darkness or paradise without fear of it, if they can.

I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please.

Misdirection is one of my strengths.

It's not a real name," she says. "Not one that he's carried with him always. It's one he wears like his hat. So he can take it off if he wants.

Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones.