Was there any fate more bitter than to get what you long for most, when it's too late?

Cesky Krumlov, the little jewel box of a city in southern Bohemia.

Oh, gross. Your stomach is full of butterfly barf!

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.

I want to build spires in their minds and dance shadows through like marionettes, chased by whispers and hints of the unspeakable.

We only get to be one person; we don't even get to choose that person. By the time we get ahold of ourselves, we are pieces already in play.

If he does he's a fool," said Hazael. "The message is clear. Please enjoy this lovely fruit while contemplating all the ways we might kill you in your sleep.