“Fantasies hurt. They hurt hard and deep. They lifted you up to places that you could never reach, then they let you down with a crash.”
Peter Lerangis“A problem is an answer waiting to be opened”
Peter Lerangis“You know you've reached rock bottom when you're standing on the beach, looking to the horizon, and you don't notice you'r ankle-deep in dead fish.”
Peter Lerangis“You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand.""I know what you mean," her brother said quietly. "I hate being in my brain sometimes. I have to get out.""What do you do?" Amy asked.Dan shrugged "I go to other places. My toes. My shoulders. But mostly here." He tapped his chest and immediately reddened. "I know. It's stupid.""Not really," Amy said. "I wish I could do that, too.”
Peter Lerangis, The Viper's Nest“Fantasies hurt. They hurt hard and deep. They lifted you up to places that you could never reach, then they let you down with a crash.”
Peter Lerangis, Tunnel Vision“I g-g-guess...I'm dead?" she heard her own voice call out, strangely high-pitched and thin.For a long time, she heard nothing else. And then:"Hi, Dead. I'm Dan.”
Peter Lerangis, The Sword Thief