Evil can do anything, for a price.

Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.

Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.

There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship

And it was lonely, to yearn, all alone.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace.