Ever hold your hand over a torch (sorry, a flashlight for you Americans).

My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine.

Swords can’t solve every problem.

For the rest of my life I would always be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if. -Perseus Jackson

Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!

You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming “Hippo!” doesn’t have the same impact as screaming “Shark!” But I’m telling you—as the Egyptian Queen careened to one side, its paddle wheel lifting completely out of the water, and I saw that monster emerge from the deep, I nearly discovered the hieroglyphs for accident in my pants.

If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)