A présent, songea-t-il, les forces se rassemblent. L'odeur de peur était puissante autour de lui.

"Good," Wymack said. "I'd have a hell of a time fitting 'Wesninski' on a jersey.

What did the great heroes do when the sun fell from the sky? They leapt onto those wild flames and learned how to fly.

This was the Paris of the strivers, of those who dwelt low, not high.
This was not the Paris of balloonists.
It was her Paris, and it was the same as it had been this morning.
But she, perhaps, was not.

I do not sleep because I am not only afraid of the monsters at my door, but also of the monsters my own mind can conjure. The ones that live within.

La réédition du Volume II, soigneusement révisé, de l'Atlas international des nuages permet aux météorologistes professionnels, comme à un large cercle d'amateurs, de disposer à nouveau d'une publication fondamentale. Il s'agit là, en effet, d'un ouvrage capital pour les météorologistes, qui offre par ailleurs à tout un chacun la possibilité de pénétrer dans l'univers spectaculaire des nuages.

Perhaps being handsome wasn’t a cure to everything.

You’ve spent your life only choosing the paths at which you knew you could excel. It’s made you lazy.

“So where do you think the sorting hat will put you?” I ask, then lift my hand, twisting two fingers together. “Come onnnn, Ravenclaw!” I say, and all three of them blink.

"Do you ever look at those rubber ducks and wonder if the universe—"
"I'm putting my headphones on."
"Okay."

Tall fencers have a natural advantage. Their reach is longer. In a bout, the taller fencer will be in range to hit before the shorter fencer. Shorter fencers can compensate with good technique, footwork and distance management...But Nicholas doesn't have any of those things.

It's the first day of tryouts. Everyone is nervous. They show it in different ways. For some it's internal. Some external. Some put themselves under more pressure than others. And everyone is watching. Even you, Seiji. I saw your match against Nicholas, Seiji. I saw the same thing you saw...the reason you're watching him now.

I asked Seiji to watch the final match me. And I said that we were friends. But this is...super awkward.

"Harvard and Seiji are the only two ranked fencers at Kings Row."
"It's kind of like watching a match at nationals! And whatever happens, it's going to be close."

They say the tip of a fencer's blade is the fastest thing at the Olympics, other than the marksman's bullet. Watching from the sidelines, it just looks like a blur. That's how quickly you can win or lose.

Your whole future is riding on the outcome of this tournament. And you have one loss already. Careful...You wouldn't want to crack under pressure.

"You want me to tell coach that we kissed and made up."
"Tell her whatever you want. I'll have the room to myself soon."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Your scholarship depends on you making the team. You're not going to be here long."

It would be weird not to remember the name of your own roomate.

You know, Nicholas is one of the only boys still in the running to make the team. If he wins his last match, he's through!

I have to win to have that future...To stay on at this school...

I didn't think I would like it here. I know I don't fit in. But the boys are actually nice. Most of them. The salle d'armes is amazing. There's so much equipment. And everyone's good at fencing. Better than me. I had a match today. I didn't do so great. I was trying, I just...couldn't...I know you don't care about any of this. I just don't have anyone else I can—Anyway. I guess it won't matter soon. I won't be here long. I just wish I could fence better.

Both Thor and Wolverine lock up at the sight. Ghosts from their past call. For this image holds a much deeper significance. Dark secrets each man had thought long put to rest.

"Le chapeau de Radagast avait été imaginé par Peter. Il souhaitait que les oreilles, sur les côtés, lui donnent une silhouette très différente de celle de Gandalf." Ann Maskrey, créatrice de costumes

Les dieux mésopotamiens ressemblent à des rois : ils gouvernent les êtres humains comme les princes gouvernent leurs sujets. Ils ont l'apparence et le caractère des hommes. Tous sont infiniment supérieurs aux hommes, qui les craignent et les respectent.

"La plupart des bateaux de Bourg-du-Lac étaient petits, sauf la barge du Maître et celle de Bard, qui devaient pouvoir embarquer des barriques assez grosses pour faire entrer secrètement treize Nains et un Hobbit à Bourg-du-Lac." John Howe, directeur artistique

"Pour moi, Beorn n'était pas un monstre comme un Orque ou un Troll. Il était la personnification de la nature dans ce qu'elle a de plus majestueux et sauvage. Ma première esquisse le montrait comme un immense ours argenté, terrifiant et imprévisible, mais aussi noble et magnifique, à la façon d'un grand grizzly ou d'un our kodiak." Daniel Falconer, concepteur, Weta Workshop