Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.

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

Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?” Machiavelli shook his head. “Mars, what about you? Any advice?” “Yes. Don’t.

The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel.

What is it like being single? I like it! I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I'm optimistic, because everyday I get a little more desperate. And desperate situations yield the quickest results.

There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all