And I was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy.

We don’t have much time. Mel will be out of the restroom soon.” “You’ve got a magician named Mel?

Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. Now multiply that pain times fifty." -Percy

I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have to know them? No, but certainly it is nice to recognise how deeply these things are embedded in our literature, our art.

I looked into his eyes, and I realized he was the same man I'd seen in my dreams. His face might be totally different, but the same soul was in there, the same intelligence and all the sadness.

I racked my brain trying to remember the names of all of Nut’s five children. Bit difficult without my brother, the human Wikipedia, around to keep track of such trivia for me.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.