Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.

Love is on every side, and no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.

Um, Dues ex machina anyone?

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.

The dead see what they believe they will see. So do the living. That is the secret.

Nut shrugged. "Set had always been Set, for better or worse. But he is still part of our family. It is difficult to lose any member of your family . . . is it not?

That's what happens when it snows in Texas lady. It. Freaking. Melts.