Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect.

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

I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.

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.

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?

Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.

We're all so damned fragile.