My gast was pretty well flabbered.

Then you know that Sam was the true hero of the tale,' Sayna said. 'That he faced far greater and more terrible foes than he ever should have had to face, and did so with courage. That he went alone into a black and terrible land, stormed a dark fortress, and resisted the most terrible temptation of his world for the sake of the friend he loved. That in the end, it was his actions and his actions alone that made it possible for light to overcome darkness.

I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent.

Give it to 'em!" Take 'em down!" First Aleran!" Kick their furry--" Assault formation!

Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.

Last year in the U.S. alone more than nine hundred thousand people were reported missing and not found... That's out of three hundred million, total population. That breaks down to about one person in three hundred and twenty-five vanishing. Every year.... Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's almost the same loss ratio experienced by herd animals on the African savannah to large predators.

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.