I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now.

There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.

If I stay, they'll kill me... If I go, at least everything that wants me dead won't be taking it personally.

But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

I put the ick in magic.

The vampire’s true appearance was grotesque--but it wasn’t as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a lot worse, and some of the Elder Things could rip your mind apart just by letting you look at them