I'm a girl."When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed, " she

Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.

No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.

What if destiny doesn't care?

Do you love him?"Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

He thinks Goliath can end the war, " Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all, " Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city.""There are no limits in war, " Volger said, still staring out the window.

Assisted him? Dylan made the repairs. I only fell and hit my head, from what I can recall. Yes, I make excellent deadweight.

The journey is my home.

The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.

Sandy was a climate change warning. Obama must now take the stage and fulfil the promise of hope the world needs.

None of us know where our stories come from. That's why writers make fun of people who ask us where we get our ideas... because we don't know.

I don't write romance novels.

I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.

Everything they teach in school is oriented so that they can test it to show that you know it, instead of taking note of the obvious, which is that people learn by doing what people want to do.

All men are brothers. Hence war.