A good story is always a journey. It is about taking the journey, the people the hero meets along the way and how they change him or her. All stories are journeys. They don't have to be shocking or outrageous: they simply have to be interesting.

The two that are one, the one that is all!

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

Perenelle shuddered. "You know I hate leprechauns more than almost anything.

I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I am going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.