I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into a soft shoe routine. Sometimes being able to use magic was so cool.

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

I've been a young man. Boobs are near the center of the universe, until you turn twenty-five or so. Which is also when young men's auto insurance rates go down. This is not a coincidence.

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.

Death is only frightening from the near side.