***The Summoning***
“In real life, though, people don’t change overnight.”
“Anyone ever tell you your sense of timing really sucks?”
“That’s why I don’t play the drums.”
***The Awakening***
"In a good drama, the protagonist never takes the straight line to the prize. She must set out, hit an obstacle, detour around it, hit another, take a longer detour, another obstacle, another detour. . . . Only when she has built up the strength of character to deserve the prize does she finally succeed."
"No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be."
