Peter

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“There was a loud cough from the man on the stand. I replaced My Magic Mirror carefully on his tray, gave him a cheesy smile, and went my way.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand

“The column hung above the middle of the pentacle, bubbling ever upward against the ceiling like the cloud of an erupting volcanoe. There was a barely perceptible pause. Then two yellow staring eyes materialized in the heart of the smoke.
Hey, it was his first time. I wanted to scare him. And it did, too.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain