Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.

...if the spell was off, I’d have my heart eaten before I could turn around.” “Don’t you want your heart eaten?” asked the fire. [...] “Naturally I don’t,” Sophie answered.

Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.

Can't you just keep your big mouth shut?" Brian said furiously to Nan. He pointed to Chrestomanci. "How do we know he's safe? For all we know, he could be the devil that you summoned up!" "Oh, you flatter me, Brian," Chrestomanci said.

I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.