“By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer’s icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it.”

“Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the only copies existed in Paris. “Yeah, here’s a rare grocery list,” Dan muttered. “Wow.”

“Then why are you here?” Emma demanded. “Oh, is this one of those missed-connections things? We met the other night, you felt a spark? Sorry, but I don’t date trees.”“I am not a tree.” Iarlath looked angry, his bark peeling slightly.”

“I don’t know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.”

“Listen, Peaches, trickery is what humans are all about,” said the voice of Maurice. “They’re so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for them.”

“Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.”

“She’d met Colin on a Monday.She’d kissed him on a Friday.Twelve years later.She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic.”

“Yeah you can have a word,” said Harry savagely. “Good-bye.”

“I’m telling you, you really should stick to mating within your species, whatever that is.”I would,’ I said, ‘but unfortunately, there are no gorgeous, all-powerful, all-knowing gods around here. I’d even settle for a demigod. It’s a step down, I know. But alas, there are nothing but low-brained mortals here. And half-brains, like you.”

“Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. – Jace”

“Cam’s wings were so bright they were almost blinding as they pulsed. “Holy Hell,” Callie whispered, blinking.”More or less,” Arriane said”

“You must have been going very fast.””I was, until I hit the fence.”

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

“You did not just say that. I have a feeling we’re on the verge of hugging and coming up with cute nicknames for each other.”

“Yes, we’ll yell, ‘Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese’.”