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.

Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.

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

I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush boys’ dreams in your spare time.

Blackmailers never explain their thinking. They're like pirates that way. Dark-hearted, dangerous--- and cool like Johnny Depp.

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

That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.