“Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that when agitated, bursts to create something marvelously desirable. It’s sort of like those tiny, little thoughts trapped inside an author’s head that―in an excited explosion of words―suddenly become a captivating fairy tale!”
“Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--”
“But for the most part, magic tends to end in explosions, or tears, or with you flat on your back in the middle of nowhere, feeling like a tiny dwarf is mining for diamonds inside your head. Okay, so maybe that last bit was just me.”
“Sometimes with a flutter of agitated worry that felt like a beetle was trapped inside my ribs. p. 90”
“Hunger.It's like an animal trapped inside you, Thomas thought.”
“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”