It's why I laugh so much. If my face is going to stick, I'm going to like looking at it.

Could words and symbols wield such power? Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber? Weren't we made of sterner stuff?

He stepped into the morning feeling more alive than he'd felt in months. Hold fast and believe in me, love, he whispered across the centuries. Because love and belief were serious magic in and of themselves.

This isn't what I wanted. This isn't what I would have chosen. You must know that. It's important you know that.

I always thought fainting showed an inherent weakness of character, but I understood it now. It was an act of self-preservation. Confronted by emotion too extreme to handle, the body shuts down to keep from running around like a chicken with its head cut off, potentially injuring itself.

He made a lousy passenger, barking instructions I ignored

Barrons: "He got upset it wouldn't shut up and tore its head off." Mac: "The child?" I gasped