There's a lot youdon't know, Sam. There's a lot I don't tell you. I know who I am. I know what I do, and what I am to this place.I know what I am to you, and how much you depend on me.You may be the symbol, and you may be the one everyone turns to when something goes bad, and you're the big badass, but I'm the guy doing the day-in, day-out work of running things. So I don't make this about me.
Michael GrantDeep down, she's a good person, Diana is," Caine said, and sighed. "Deep down, I'm not. But she is.
Michael GrantSamโs probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,โ Caine said. โI canโt let that boy save the world all alone. Iโd never live it down.
Michael GrantBeautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of magic. But when Jill sang, it was not about the song, really. She could sing the phone book. She could sing a shopping list. Whatever she sang, whatever the words or the tune, it was so beautiful, so achingly lovely, that no one could listen and be untouched.
Michael Grant