"“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."

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

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

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

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

“A difference which makes no difference is no difference.”

“The Boyett Style Guide: anything worth doing is worth overdoing ; anything worth saying is worth saying three times; leave no literary stone unturned; fill all cracks, paint all surfaces, and illuminate all dark corners; and whenever two or more metaphors are suitable, use them all. I never metaphor I didn’t like.”

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