Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.

Especially when you're faced with hard times, you need to remember that life is either tragedy or comedy. For me, that's what the magic is. Life has remarkable, surprising moments that get you through the hard times.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

Humans. Violent but peace-loving. Passionate but cerebral. Humane but cruel. Impulsive but calculating. Generous but selfish. And yet, somehow I knew that they represented the best hope of the galaxy.

Tobias asked. "Weird? Weird?" Marco crowed. "The talking bird wants to know if getting information on the location of an alien from a whale, that you've just saved from sharks, by turning into dolphins . . . You're suggesting that's weird?

But hunger, like food, comes in many shapes and colors.

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.