I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.

In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded.

The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.

You need to play to win. But you also need to win ... to play.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.