“The truth, as much as people acted like they wanted to hear it, was sometimes too cruel and harsh.”

“I tapped around on my new Miracle Phonea gift from Josephas I listened to the discussion about our next move. I wasnt trying to be rude, but Id recently become addicted to this one game on my Mirac...”

“At the sound of her name, Lucias blue eyes honed in on me. She cocked her head to the side as if puzzled. Why me? she wondered.Lucia, you exploded with power after Ehno was killed. I shot Ehno an a...”

“I suggest you leave now, or youll be tied down and gagged until the end of this meeting.Tie us down?And gag you, Joseph cheerfully reminded them.”

“So if I asked you to wear my skirt and juggle my high heels, you would? I joked.I could only see Andrew's face in profile, but a grin overtook his earlier grim expression, and he laughed. I draw th...”

“What would you suggest? one of the Italian officials asked.We do have a highly-advanced biological device called the Illuminator, Joseph chimed in”

“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.”

“Gabby, Jenna cried. Its so horrible. I cant believe this happened.Jenna, I said in a soothing voice, Im alive and okay. No worries.She sniffled into the phone. No, its not that.I waited a beat. Wha...”

“So if I asked you to wear my skirt and juggle my high heels, you would? I joked.I could only see Andrew's face in profile, but a grin overtook his earlier grim expression, and he laughed. I draw th...”

“Gabby,” Jenna cried. “It’s so horrible. I can’t believe this happened.”“Jenna,” I said in a soothing voice, “I’m alive and okay. No worries.”She sniffled into the phone. “No, it’s not that.”I waite...”

“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.”