I'm not a philosopher, Harry," [Michael] said. "But here's something for you to think about, at least. What goes around comes around. And sometimes you get what's coming around." He paused for a moment, frowning faintly, pursing his lips. "And sometimes you are what's coming around.

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

Thomas was an annoying wiseass who tended to make everyone he met want to kill him, and when I have that much in common with someone, I can't help but like him a little.

Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.

I believe that there's a cloud for every silver lining,' I said.

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse.