Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

Alone. It's one of those small words that means entirely too much. Like fear. Or trust.

God isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.

My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.

I heard someone walk out of the alley behind me, and my body went tense and tight, despite my weariness. Then a young woman's voice said, in a passable British accent, "The Little People are easily startled, but they'll soon be back. And in greater numbers." I sagged in sudden, exhausted relief. The bad guys hardly ever quote Star Wars.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

If I need you I'll give you a signal.' What signal?" I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl