The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever youre trying to tell them.

It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.' 'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?

I've noticed that the magic getting along with someone isn't really magic. If you break it down, you can see how it happens. You say something a bit off-center and see if they react. If they get it, they push it a bit further. Then it's your turn again. And theirs. And so on, until it's banter. Once it's banter, it's friendship.

At the time, I didn't have the insight to wonder at the transient nature of despair, but now that I'm older I've seen how little it takes to turn a person's life around for better or worse. An event will do, or an Idea. Another person. An idea of a person.

She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.' 'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?

Somewhere along the line I'd lost the will not to eat.

Fate isn't some middle-aged man with a squint who won't recognize you if you change your clothes.