“Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant quiet place. He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts tha...”

“I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.”

“Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.”

“My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.”

“I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good.”

“Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil.""Yes," Alan said gravely. "It'd be shoking if the evil magicians were sexist. For one thing, that...”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”