Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

Things that are easily done are often much harder to undo. Sometimes, impossible.

People weren't firecrackers who burst into the night sky with brilliance and glory, and a moment later faded away to nothing. Our souls had to be more lasting than that.

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself? ...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

A few moments later Mom opened my door and peered in at me. "Logan Hansen is here to see you." If it had been anyone else in the world, I would have told my mother to send him away. Santa Claus himself could have shown up to explain his whereabouts since my childhood, and I would have turned him out.

New York is a nice place." "If you like concrete, crowds, and that claustrophobic, closed-in feeling.