The police have asked for my help. There's been a murder." "A murder! Oh, my. Let me just change my shoes," Evie said excitedly. "It won't be a minute.

Live life as if today is your last day living. :-)

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

People will believe anything if it means they can go on with their lives and not have to think too hard about it.

Taylor clapped for attention. “Miss New Mexico, let’s not get all down in the bummer basement where the creepy things live. There are people in heathen China who don’t even have airline trays. We have a lot to be grateful for.

Forget your pain. It was what I said when I took Father's hand in the drawing room yesterday, what I repeated again tonight. But I didn't mean this. I must be careful. Yet what bothers me isn't the power of the magic or how, to a person, they've all accepted it as truth. No, what unsettles me the most is how much I want to believe it too.

When the music is over, she keeps her head down till she finds her seat again, and I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.