You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children's book for the times.

I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

'Are you guys busy?' Juniper asked. 'Well,' I said, 'we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die.' 'We're not busy,' Annabeth said.

I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth." "How can you be sure?" "Because she'd do the same for you.