Taggle looked up at her, his amber eyes as deep as the loneliness Kate had felt before he became her friend."The traditional thing, " he said slowly, "involves the river and a sack.

I am not sure I can.""Become sure, " said the cat, his eyes flashing green in the firelight. "Once you leap on a boar's back, you can't sheath your claws.

Often she dreamt she had two wings, and one was frightened, and one was happy.

Taggle was absorbed in the meat pie. ‘It’s covered in BREAD, ’ he huffed. ‘What fool has covered MEAT with BREAD?

They hurried when they could, and dozed when they had to, hiding in tangles of bloodtwig and heartsease at the edge of the road.

The night was white-blind with fog, and Kate staggered over every stone and stumbled in every puddle, but she pushed on as fast as she could.

Be brave. Things will find their shape.

At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices.

Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet." Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was frightened.

They're gone. I let them chase me. I led them like a sunbeam and vanished like a shadow.

I'd love to wrap myself inside your sadness and pretend it is mine

Greed makes one want to get blessings without qualifying for it

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed.

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.

Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile. We'll take turns being on the bottom.

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.

The only way Hinduism can convert the whole world to cow-protection is by giving an object-lesson in cow-protection and all it means.

I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.

Any creative work that is truly alive is influenced by a thousand chance factors in its generation.

My father used to say: "Never suspect people, It's better to be deceived or mistaken, which is only human, after all, than to be suspicious, which is common."