In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.

This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.

My dad says people who insist that youtrust them usually don't deserve it.

My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.