This wasn't a position she wanted to be in. And yet . . . yet she knew that she was going to do it anyway.

Tell me what you want, what you really, really want," he said. "Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison.

Did I just kill someone?" "You can't kill a dead person," Callum said. "Makes no sense.

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around phrases like "tangentially Swedish" is not the best way to go.

I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.

What are you?" I asked. "I'm the Ghost of the Night Before Exams." "And how long did it take you to come up with that?" Jazza asked. "I'm a busy man," he replied.