But what is life if you don't live it?

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

Gazzy: (Hugging himself and jumping up and down) "I'm brilliant! I'm a genius! I can blow up the world!" Max: (Raises her eyebrows) Gazzy: "Not that I would want to, of course," (coughs)

The hardest part about parenting is when I have to be The Dad--aka the Fun-Sucker--as opposed to being a friend.

This is not a democracy," I said, understanding he fear but unable to do anything about it. "It's a Maxocracy.

Every other person in the world would have looked at it and thought, Max would hate this. It was girly. It was beautiful. It wasn't made of titanium and black leather with spikes on it. But it seemed exactly right, in a weird, heart-fluttery kind of way. And I really loved it.

There's nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.