...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

“One can spot a fellow musician in any context, even amongst policemen. The craz…”

“In the smoky firelight the two old men nodded off like a pair of ancient kings …”

“The soul is a verb. . . . Not a noun.”

“It'll be all right." Julia's gentleness makes it worse. "In the end, Jace.""It …”