Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

Man.God.Roarke. An interesting and flattering lineup.

You're going to be unemployed if you really think you just have to sit around and wait for the muse to land on your shoulder.

Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpart—had a mate. A rightness. She’d always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief was a reason she was good at what she did.

You love tests?" "Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love?