I had to imagine this was the dream of every good person - to find the world in need of the thing you love doing.

Does it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the Circus, pitting criminals against them in a mimic battle?

You must vie with time's swiftness in the speed of using it, and, as from a torrent that rushes by and will not always flow, you must drink quickly.

Did I mention you're going to have to drive on our date?" I asked.
"Cheap bastard.

I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.'

Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community.