Now was not a good time, but we didn't often get to chose the time to repay our debts.

"Amy," Elsie Moore said in her crackling voice, her gaze fixed on Declan. "I want you to get me a new bear. A blond one."

Rene, you want us to find you-don't-know-who and to retrieve his you-don't-know-what for you-won't-tell-me-whom?

Failure happened. The trick was to accept the risk and try anyway.

All men are liars. All women are liars, too.

Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew it impossible.

I looked at him. "You really need to work on your threats. I can't tell if you're threatening me or inviting me for tea.