Who am I? The sum of your dreams, the thrill you refuse to grasp, the unknown you fear.

No true hero ever believes that they are one.

Sometimes we make our alliances not by the shape and color of our flesh but by the convictions of our heart.

I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now.

The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one knew the answer.

Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down." Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese.

A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.