Something feels weird," he told Laura. That wasn't the first thing he said to her. The first thing was "I love you," because it's a good thing to say if you can mean it, and Shadow did.

I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you've done something.

I loved the sound of the words, even if I was not entirely sure what all of them meant.

It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is

Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.

He was walking into Faerie, in search of a fallen star, with no idea how he would find the star, nor how to keep himself safe and whole as he tried. He looked back and fancied that he could see the lights of Wall behind him, wavering and glimmering as if in a heat-haze, but still inviting.

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.