I feel warm and reassured," I whispered. "He's like Santa.

Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for those spots that are so hard to reach by yourself.

I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.

Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in a constant state of it.

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.

Boo: "Go talk to her." Callum: "About what?" Boo: "Anything." Callum: "You want me to walk up to her and say, 'Are you a ghost?'" Boo: "I do that." Callum: "I love it when you get it wrong.