If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority,...
You can't work in the library without going into the Old Levels, said Mirelle somberly. At least some of the time. I wouldn't be keen on going to some parts of the Library, myself.Lirael listened, won...
Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it.
I love you, he whispered. I hope you don't mind.
And I've never been wicked,' said the Witch firmly. 'Least, not by my measure. Just independant-minded.''Wickedness depends on where you're standing, doesn't it?' said Jenny.
Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it. There's plenty I'm afraid of. Just not vampires.''We fear the unknown,' she said. 'You must know a lot about vampires.
Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.
Hear, hear, said the Dog, raising her head. It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.
It's always better to be doing.
Time plays tricks between here and home, said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.
Why, Yrael? it said, as the last of the dark gave way to silver, and the shining sphere of metal sank slowly to the ground. Why?Life, said Yrael, who was more Mogget than it ever knew. Fish and fowl,...
Prepare a crossing party, snapped Horyse. A single person to cross. Miss Abhorsen, here. And Sergeant, if you or Private Rahise so much as talk in your sleep about what you may have heard here, then y...
When the dead do walk seek water's run,for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest laketo ward the dead and have and make.If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guar...
Everything moved rapidly after the tea was drunk.
Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with Sabriel, to say something, to say anything. Perhaps the last five seconds they ever would have alone...
The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures.
In the expectant quiet, there were only the usual sounds of the night. Wind in the big trees out past the school wall, starting to rise as the sky darkened, Crickets beginning to chirp. Then Sabriel h...
I used to think like that at school, Sabriel answered. Dreaming about the Old Kingdom. Proper Charter Magic. Dead to bind. Princes to be --Rescued?
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.
As it 'appens, I am Arthur's right-hand man, said Suzy. Or left-hand girl, I can't remember where I stood last time. Anyhow, me and Arthur is like two fingers of a gauntlet. Or at least the thumb and...