And before he can tell her to tell Widget goodbye for him if need be, she leans forward and kisses him, not on the cheek, as she has a handful of times before, but on the lips, and Bailey knows in that moment that he will follow her anywhere.

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul

Is magic not enough to live for?

Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?

The most difficult thing to read is time. Maybe because it changes so many things.

He forgets that he was someone's dream once, himself.

Marco knows he does not have the time to push her away, so he pulls her close, burying his face in her hair, his bowler hat torn from his head by the wind...."Trust me," Celia whispers in his ear, and he stops fighting it, forgetting everything but her.