“Now I’ve officially seen everything.” Leonidas muttered. “Howoften do you see them?”Ari laughed weakly. “Do nightmares count?”Leonidas bent down to look in her eyes. “Nightmares alwayscount.”

“None of us have a real name, Leonidas, just names we like and names people give us.”

“Well, that's just all kinds of creepy," Puck muttered at my side, giving the doll a look of alarm. "If you see any clowns, do me a favor and don't point them out, okay? i'd rather live without the nightmares."I was about to snap at him for putting the thought of killer clown dolls in my head...”

“I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare”

“You have a wild-eyed look, my Beth. What do yousee?”“Don’t look at me,” she cried, now utterly unhinged.“Don’t look into my eyes when you can see everything in them, and I am not able to look into yours and see anything!”

“Pixy dust thickened to make my eyes water, but after the loud complaints and muttered disappointment, the Disney nightmare subsided as quickly as it had come.”