You may call me Mogget. As to what I am, I was once many things, but now I am only several.

There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians.

Oh, fierce librarians, then? Tell you to shush and that sort of thing?

Unhand my tail! squealed the Will.

Coils within coils," murmured the cat. "Fleas upon fleas, idiots begetting idiots-" "What?" "Mmm, just thinking," whispered Mogget. "You should try it sometimes.

Bee stings are very educational

I have walked in Death to the very precipice of the Ninth Gate," Abhorsen said quietly. "I know the secrets and horrors of the Nine Precincts. I do not know what lies beyond, but everything that lives...

Wake me when whatever terrible thing is about to happen happens, or if it appears I might get wet.

I hope you find some stories here that you will enjoy, or wonder about, or that linger uncomfortably in the mind when you wish they didn't.

It is taken care of. Nothing will not break into my Pit or the Far Reaches! I cannot speak for the other parts of the House, but we have Nothing well in hand here. I understand Nothing as no one else...

Together, the bells and Dog sang a song that was more than sound and power. It was the song of the earth, the moon, the stars, the sea, and the sky, of Life and Death and all that was and would be. It...

... I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not that kind of princess.

A passion thwarted will often go astray.

He growled and grimaced as they came to him, and clenched his fists in pain and anger.Unusual name, commented Mogget. More of a bear's name, that growl.

I 'ad a toy when I was little,' said Suzy. She frowned for a moment, then added, 'Can't remember what it was. It moved and made me laugh...

This? It's a feather-coin. I made it.''What is it for?''It isn't for anything. It's a toy.''It's for annoying people,' said Mogget from Sam's pack. 'If you don't put it away, I shall eat it.

, part of his mind said. , thought Arthur, fighting down the fear. .

You are an adventurer! exclaimed Sylvie. She tore herself away from the window and handed the glasses back to her. But I suppose that could work. Only, what will happen afterwards?'I was planning to...

Your father is angry with me because he thinks I almost got myself killed,' said Sabriel, with a slight grin. 'I don't understand it myself, since I think he should be glad that I didn't.

Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours, declared the Major.

Ow do you knock out a Denizen? asked Suzy. I tried it myself once or twice, but just hitting them never works.It is not the force of the blow, but the authority with which it is delivered, quoth the...

Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the Loundergs had attacked, Suzy was quite cheerful.

I suppose you could call me... Soot, said the thing. Yes... Soot. I have breathed it, lived in it, and eaten it for so long that it is a fitting name.Eaten it? asked Suzy. Why eat soot?Boredom, said...

The most important thing is to be true to yourself, however you feel, and not try to feel or behave differently because you think you should, or someone has told you how you must feel. But do think...

May I say that I approve of a piece that tries to remake the entire puzzle?

I'll sing you a song of the long ago - Seven shine the shiners, oh!What did the Seven do way back when?Why, they wove the Charter then!Five for the warp, from beginning to end.Two for the woof, to...

I am Abhorsen... "He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel

A hundred hundred heartbeats... whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.

Yep, said Arthur. Somehow seemed the most positive thing he could say. Stronger than and more heroic than . He hoped he could live up to it.