Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.

Em, I am trying to have an important conversation!" shouted Seylin. "I will not change into a cat!

Mom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!

Kate felt very offended. 'I am not an elf,' she insisted. 'I'm an Englishwoman!

Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.

Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.

For how many generations now had his people been turning their backs on things? How long had they sat in their living rooms and watched other people die?