Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.

And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

Having a brain hurt so much sometimes.

As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)

Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry.

There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.

Irony is always the best weapon against fascism.