Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn’t hurt.)

It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry 'Monster!' and looked behind him.

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.

How much does your life have to suck to want the Apocalypse?

A pause came between them, and it was so full of Akiva that Karou imagined she could smell him.

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.

There are boys you look at and want to touch with your mouth, and there are boys you look at and want to wear one of those surgical masks everyone in China had during bird flu. There are a lot more bird-flu boys at large.