I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.

Forsooth, I no longer toil in vain, To prove that demon pox warps the brain. So though 'ti pity, it's not in vain That the pox-ridden worm was slain: For to believe in me, you all must deign.

Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys.

If You don't give readers what they want, they'll be mad at you. If you give them what they do want, they'll be even more mad at you.

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

And of course you wouldn't be going alone,' Will said impatiently. 'I would go with you. I wouldn't let anything happen to you.

But the name Magnus Bane made him think of a towering sort of figure, with huge shoulders and formal purple warlock’s robes, calling down fire and lightning. Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.