...while the stony bones of the world tore past and the air grew dark and howling. The last thing he saw as the gulley became a torrent of dust and rock was the Jeep, plucked backwards into space.

I'm psychologically equipped for this.

Fear is quite the anaesthetic

His desire for this to be a joke was quickly replaced by a desire for whiskey.

Max?' he asked.'Yeah?''...What are you doing?''Shooting people.

Odessa sighed. 'When I said you were one of the smartest people in the company, I was referring solely to your technical abilities. Now get to work.

But the things in the batteries couldn't be spiders. It just wasn't possible. There had to be another explanation. But of what kind?

Simon shook his head. 'I don't want to be a hero. I'd rather abandon the technology altogether, sit on a hill and speak to my neighbours by smoke-signal.

...a fissure appeared. Splinters of plastic broke away around it, and the fissure widened, radiating further fractures.When the first leg broke out, Simon tried to shriek.

Who gave you a gun?''The army.''Why?''That's what the army does, Simon.

The military operation swiftly became one of disaster management and damage control, search and rescue.

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold

Reflect, reflect.

Stay alert at all times, alert to any opportunity for rest.

Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.

Beef is best served like steak: Well done, get a gun in ya face.

Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.