'Different laws of physics,' said Ariel, "and 'supernatural' seem synonymous to me. - Steve Boyett

Life goes on, yes, and our capacity for self-deception accompanies it.

You had to be a virgin to touch a unicorn...
A flush crept up my neck. Okay, so I’d touched her. Being a virgin had some advantages after all. Hooray.

The Boyett Style Guide: (a) anything worth doing is worth overdoing (I can’t write a check if it isn’t in iambic pentameter); (b) anything worth saying is worth saying three times; (c) leave no literary stone unturned; (d) fill all cracks, paint all surfaces, and illuminate all dark corners; and (e) whenever two or more metaphors are suitable, use them all. I never metaphor I didn’t like.