Music is a great balm. Another thing evil sorcerers give up. They cannot abide music, for it can conjure all human emotions, most particularly joy and happiness.

She very rarely cried, but being brave took an enormous amount of effort. Sometimes she just got tired of keeping everything together.

she still felt she was a librarian and always would be, no matter what else she had become as well. We

Is it the walker who chooses the way or the way the walk?

I feel that you will be a maker, not a seer. You must promise me that it will be so. Promise me that you will not give in. Promise me that you will never give up hope.

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?' Sabriel quoted, the words, redolent with echoes of Charter Magic, twining around her tongue like some lingering spice.

{Lunch} was composed of one of the fish she had caught, evidently rescued from Mogget. This had been grilled with ginger, pepper, and some spice she didn't know, set atop a salad of grains and...

What's too late?" asked Mogget. "Hold

But the Dog was gone forever. Lirael

What's wrong with this city!Like I said, no one's really in charge. Mayor and council are afraid to do anything in case the sorcerers don't like it. So they don't do anything. should do something,...

If I'm not back by nightfall, come and take a very careful look, said Anya. But I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not that kind of princess.What kind of princess are you?Not the kind that needs...

The 'rob from the rich, give to the poor' is more of a general overview than a specific thing we have to do every time. It really means making sure those who have too much do some sharing with those...

What do we do? asked the next-oldest puppy, one who rarely spoke. What can we do?Watch. Wait. Protect the princesses. Keep them cheerful and unafraid. They will need whole hearts and the memory of...

This is what it is, to be an Abhorsen.

Do you think I could still be a wizard? One day?''Perhaps,' said the Good Wizard. 'I was a princess myself once.

Ever thought of becoming a wizard?' - The Good Wizard'Not before now,' said Anya. 'I've always wanted to be a sorcerer... 'Her voice trailed off as the Good Wizard raised her eyebrows.'But not so much...

*So, you're the small troublemaker who foiled Saturday's Cocigrue," said Lady Friday. Leaf, a friend of the so-called Rightful Heir , this Arthur Penhaligon. How kind of you to visit."

Garth on making his stories feel real Things like armour, clothes and other small details are very important in building up the reality of the story... I do spend quite a lot of time on things like...

Lirael didn't answer either question. She just looked at him, waiting for him to talk. He met her gaze at first, then faltered and looked away. There was something unnerving about her eyes. A...

She was no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She was the Abhorsen-in-Waiting.

Mmmmmm, said Ardent {the Royal Dog}. He liked cooked food. Also raw food and semicooked food, and things that might be food and so were worth chewing on for a while to make sure they food.

... luxuriate in a constant flow of information, picking out whatever I wanted to know.

If she had been in a pointing competition, she would have lost points.

Er, your librarians go into battle?" "When they must," said Lirael. "The Library is very old, and deep, and contains many things that have been put away for good reason. Creatures, dangerous...

When do we c-c-come and rescue you?''If I'm not back by nightfall, come and take a very careful look,' said Anya. 'But I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not that kind of princess.

Will you turn me back to myself, please, Frogkisser?

How could anyone even start to put it all back together?''You start small,' said Dehlia. The raven had a very particular stare. Her single eye, bright with moonshine, was focused on Anya in a very...

I don't have a lot of valuables on me at the moment though... and I need the ones I have for my Quest. Could you perhaps agree to rob me later? - Anya

as if they were crazed stoats that had to be got rid of before they killed again.

What do you mean? I am Mogget, of course. The one and only Mogget. Though I have had other names.