It was not pitch-black. It was the kind of cloudy night where the clouds seem to gather up light from distant streetlights and houses below, and throw it back at the earth.

“October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter…”

“Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong—in life and in love and in business and…”

“We don't do spells," she said. She sounded a little disappointed to admit it. "…”

“Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other peo…”