Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

This new condition, this unwilled silence, had fallen over him ten days ago. The day Cass had gone into the hospital. The day she had fallen into a coma.

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

Your problem, it is not here' - he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest's throat - 'it is here' - he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest's chest. 'My heart is heavy, too. But you must be strong. This situation, it is very serious. It is not only Cass's life that is at stake. If she dies, the Secret, it will die too.

This book will not harm you unless someone throws it at you which is a possibilty never to be discounted.

Friends don't have to have a lot of things in common. But there's one thing friends usually do have in common - a sense of humor. That doesn't mean they find all the same things funny. Sometimes, they might even laugh at each other. But at the end of the day, friends can always laugh with each other.

Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.