If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?
Some promises arenโt worth keeping.
He was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident; it was a joke.
The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.
As the last Seelie left the hall, Roiben, self-declared King of the Unseelie Court, nearly fell into his throne. Kaye tried to smile at him, but he was not looking at her. He was staring out across the brugh with eyes the color of falling ash. Corny had not stopped laughing.
Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.