There is a passion in you that scares me.

I know you pretty well." "Better than anyone I think." I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought.

You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori

I raised my hands, trying to shush her. "Don't shush me," she said, eyes blazing. "I hate being shushed.

Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system again. Nothing will bind me.

The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom.