The flash would prove that proton decay really happens. The flash would mean that the matter of the proton - the solid stuff - had turned into the energy of the flash (E-mc2). Totally. Nothing left behind. No ash. No smoke. No smell. Nada. One moment it's there, the next moment - pffft - gone. What would it mean? Only this: Nothing lasts. Nothing. Because everything that exists is made of protons.

When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light.

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

Every name is real. That's the nature of names.

Nobody has the time, the time cannot be owned. The time is free to everyone

Because that's what you do, you stand up for your best friend. And you eat lunch with him and talk with him and share secrets and laugh a lot and go places and do stuff, and when you wake up in the morning, he's the first person you think of.

Friendship isn't always sunnyside up.