He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.

You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.

I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.

Eyes as black and as shiny as chips of obsidian stared back into his. They were eyes like black holes, letting nothing out, not even information.

So, you figure they won't notice you're back?" sneered the marquis. "Just, 'oh look, there's another angel, here, grab a harp and on with the hosannas'?