Every German child learns to speak English in school.

Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this story, thought Orpheus. And the wrong friends. But that was high-minded heroes for you. Stupid.

The night swallowed him up like a thieving fox.

Words are immortal - Elinor

They're all cruel,' he said. 'The world I come from, the world you come from, and this one, too. Maybe the people don't see the cruelty in your world right away, it's better hidden, but it's there all the same.

Since when does the butterfly ask about the caterpillar?

The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus