He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.

Charles was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn't possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was not on any list of things he enjoyed—or things he was good at. At least no one had died. Yet.

It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.

It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.

He stopped what he was doing and pulled out his magic phone. Okay, the phone wasn't magic, but it does things my computer struggles with.

Adam didn't approve of Wal-Mart.

I thought you couldn't make it here until morning," I said. "I hurried.