Ariel

“‘Different laws of physics,’” said Ariel, “and ‘supernatural’ seem synonymous to me.”

Nothing’s worth living for if there aren’t things you think are worth dying for.

“The National Hot Air Museum is just down the road a piece,” he added. “Better known by its branch names: the Capitol and the White House.”

Innocence is in many ways ignorance.

Don’t go looking for adventure; you might find it.

Tip: utopian and floral town names are inversely proportional to their hellholishness.

I don’t think I believe Evil exists. I believe selfishness does.

The end of the world turned out to be something I preferred to fantasize about rather than experience.

The Boyett Style Guide: (a) anything worth doing is worth overdoing (I can’t write a check if it isn’t in iambic pentameter); (b) anything worth saying is worth saying three times; (c) leave no literary stone unturned; (d) fill all cracks, paint all surfaces, and illuminate all dark corners; and (e) whenever two or more metaphors are suitable, use them all. I never metaphor I didn’t like.

Change implies cause, and cause implies source. Things don’t just happen.

A difference which makes no difference is no difference.

Life goes on, yes, and our capacity for self-deception accompanies it.