I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.

Everyone has something they can't live without.

Magnus hoped if he ever went mad like that himself, so mad that he poisoned the very air round him and hurt everyone he came into contact with, that there would be someone ho loved him enough to stop him. To kill him, if it came to that.

The first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.

No, you don’t need to help me. But if you don’t, there’s nothing stopping me from calling you up again and again, now that I know you can’t kill me. Think of it as me leaning against your Heavenly doorbell… forever.

What is Aldous capable of?" "Aldous is two thousands years old. He's capable of anything." "Aldous Nix is two thousands years old?" "So, I've heard. He doesn't invite me to his birthday parties.

Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.