“Burn wounds always elicited pain more terrible than anything else he had ever endured. He didnt relish the idea of forcing himself to suffer through such agony. But it was necessary. Earth depended...”

“Mmm. Sebastian moaned. Its so delicious. He laughed then. Its not the Poisonous Desert; its the Oreo Desert. He scooped up handfuls of dirt and stones and funneled it into his mouth. He licked his ...”

“What are you doing? Egnatious asked, eyebrows furrowed as he watched Gabriella do a flip.Firen mimicked Gabriella and turned to Egnatious. Fun times. Go with it. She didnt even crack a smile, thoug...”

“I think I found your vampire, Andrew said, except this time he wasnt so amused.However, Gabriella was, her smile huge as she laughed, the sound a trill in the densely packed cold air.You think this...”

“He strained his ears, and the darkness felt heavier than before. Oppressive.Were hungry. That came from behind him.They smell tasty, a voice to his left hissed.I dont like this, Andrew said, feelin...”

“The Ferryman will transport us across the moat, Chris informed. Yeah. This seems legit, Gabriella quipped as Chris helped her onto the boat. Andrew followed behind.Are you sure this isnt a trick? E...”

“Dreaming is what you do when your eyes are closed...living is what you do with that dream once you open your eyes!”

“It happens like this. "One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else--closer to them than your closest family. Perhaps this pe...”

“When you totally commit yourself to a project and do your work quietly and well, unknown friends will find you and angels will surround you.”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”