You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!

I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.

And thrice do I say to thee...bite me.

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

Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.

Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court." "And why is that?" "Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly.

We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.