Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.

He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

And here in America rival newspapermen attack each other on sight?

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.

Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." "We are ugly.