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.

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.

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.

Please let me know if I am not hereLet me know if I fail to find you thereFor before the dawn I leave the night behind meAnd before my heart I let you leave me behind.

Words are living things.

Unity despite diversity is exactly what defines Christianity as distinct from and antithetical to all other religious belief systems". ~R. Alan Woods [2006]

Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.

When you enter a new experience, all that requires healing rushes to the surface . . . You have to pause.

I'm about to graduate senior year and I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to lose the momentum with what I'm doing now as an actress.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.

I do not repeat conversations that I can't remember. And it's something that irritates me a great deal, because I think most memoirs are false novels.

There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.