Sarah Rees Brennan

"Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons."

"He punched me in the face, Ash said, who understandably did not seem to find the situation humorous at all. And then he yelled at me for sleeping with our personal trainer!I was told breakup scenes were a good way to distract people, Jared said with beautiful simplicity. Ash looked so surprised, Holly said. He had no idea what was going on. He said, 'I didn't sleep with our personal trainer! We don't even have a personal trainer!'Angela and Holly giggled. Ash held the back of his hand to his bleeding mouth and glared. Jared was still grinning like a maniac. In that case, he told Ash solemnly, I will consider taking you back."

"Angela spared a glare for Kami, and then resumed her marathon glaring session at Jared. 'It's too weird. I'm going to call you Carl.'Jared scowled. 'I don't want you to call me Carl.''That's interesting, Carl,' said Angela, cheering up."

"One of the lambs fixed its attention on Jared. Baa, it flirted. Boo, said Jared. Oh my God, Jared. Don’t tough-talk the lambs. It was giving me a funny look."

"Taking notes at a pub in Salisbury, I was mistaken for a health inspector!"

"When a guy says,'I'll call you,' and he doesn't say when-that means he won't call you." Kit pulled his phone out of his pocket and pressed a couple buttons. My phone vibrated in my pocket. I fished it out, smiling. "Madness," Kit whispered softly into his phone. "I meant I'd call you. This is me calling you."

"Okay, can you pass yourself off as a magician and gain Gerald's trust and pass us information about Celeste's plans and save all the magicians who want to be saved? Jaime asked. "Because if so awesome. I shall stay here and eat pie."

"I realise people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that."

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