As the dragon charged it released huge clouds of hissing steam through its nostrils. It was almost as if a gigantic teapot had gone mad.

...the act of kindness is an unselfish act, it is medicine for your soul...

He prays best who does not know that he is praying.

One picture is worth a thousand words

The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle.

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

You must discriminate between those who claim to help you and only want to manipulate you and those who are free, who never manipulate.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

She hurried at his words, beset with fears, For there were sleeping dragons all around.

That's more like it. You're much prettier when you aren't talking. True of most people, I've found.