“If you keep waiting for the right time, it may never happen. Sometimes you have to make the most of the time you have.”

“Marilynn...passed out black cases to everyone. I opened mine to find an iPad inside. Several candidates whistled. Despite my agitated state, it impressed me too. Maybe wizard school wasn’t going to be as lame as I had thought.“All of your schedules and assignments will be done on these,” Marilynn explained. “The whole school is on these. We’ve had them for awhile now.”

“I will never know you well enough. I will always want more.”

“Technology doesn’t change people’s basic needs or their natures.”

“Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.”

“My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.”

“Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth?”

“He’s so powerful. Who knows maybe he’s advanced past eating”

“Soft sun shone down on a misty cathedral at the opposite end of a football-field length courtyard. The cathedral had a long pointed tower with beautiful rose and ivory stained glass windows. Pink-petal flowers and deep green ivy climbed the stones from the ground to it’s roof. A large fountain stood in the middle of the courtyard with water falling from several lion’s heads. Between the misty air and rolling slope of the earth, the grounds reminded me of a long lost fairy tale.”

“The Lady may favoryou, but at least I am in charge of my own destiny.”

“but remember, nothing comes without a price. Our paths are not mapped; they’re made.”