Spelling bees? Spelling bees do not scare me. I competed in the National Spelling Bee twice, thank you very much. My dad competed in the National Spelling Bee. My aunt competed in the National Spelling Bee. My uncle WON the National Spelling Bee. If I can't spell it, I know someone who can. So just bring it on.

Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's.

His last thought was that it hadn't been stupidity that had allowed his son to enchant him so easily with words. It had been love.

A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug.

But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people.

You're the queen, and it's the queen's house, and whatever Brigan may accomplish, he's highly unlikely ever to be queen.

Bacon improved things dramatically.