“I could dodge the kick, but the stable door was already down - and I hadn't even realised it until I saw the splinters.”

“Everything about this evening is both exquisite and bewildering and I can't decide if I want to go on with this dream or run back down the yellow-lit rock to the stable. But the stable door is closed.”

“The cabin door swung open and Molly belly-crawled onto the deck until she could see me. "Who started shooting at us?""Bad guys!" I cringed as another round hit the side of the boat and peppered me with wooden splinters. "Obviously!”

“I think today is already sucky enough without splinters in my ass.”

“That man was Aldus Manutius the Elder (1450-1515) and I will happily admit I hadn't heard of him until about a year ago, but am now absolutely kicking myself that I never volunteered to have his babies.”

“ I went to a house that was not a house. I opened a door that was not a door. And what I saw, I saw.”