I remember the way his eyes pinned my body against the backdrop of Paris as if I was some rare butterfly pinned to an exhibit box.

This girl is magic. She's wild incantations. She's that spark that lit me back to life and I'm burning for her.

Skinny-dipping is like Paris. It's always a good idea.

I look away, but we've caught each other. And I know this wasn't just a ghost story to him, even if it was to the others.

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

At various points in our lives, or on a quest, and for reasons that often remain obscure, we are driven to make decisions which prove with hindsight to be loaded with meaning. (225)

Sci-fi has just become an effects-fest, and the story has taken a back seat to all that eye candy. To me, that's not really storytelling; that's just showcasing the latest gadgetry.

I had been wrong when I said Liza McCullen wasn't beautiful: when she smiled she was stunning.

Hazel screamed at the top of her lungs, but it was a scream of delight. For the first time in her life-in her two lives-she felt absolutely unstoppable.

She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.

Never commit yourself to a cheese without having first examined it.

When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities