As an author, I don't really think too much about being a celebrity. It's not like being a movie star or a TV star. It's not as if people recognize me when I walk down the street. That hardly ever happens, and it's just as well. But it is great when people know my books, when I walk through an airport and see them in the bookstore, or when I see someone reading a book on a plane or on a train, and it's something I've written. That's a wonderful feeling.

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

The future for Commander Tool Belt was not looking so hot.

Safety from what? Who's after me?" Oh, nobody much," Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of the Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions.

She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

I hate to tell you this,” Jason said, “but I think your leopard just ate a goddess.

She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.