Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together.

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.

Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing tinfoil.

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.

I could pretend, at least, and if I pretended long enough, maybe I could make it into a reality.

I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But sports always have to involve running, jumping, or swinging your arms around. You don’t get PE points for the smooth and rapid movement of the jaw.