There is very seldom any true secret.

Learn to drive?" "Never," said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger.

I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes." "Those are spiders.

But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons for what they do, if only one could understand them

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.

"Eight Days of Luke" was refused by another confused publisher on the grounds that children shouldn't strike matches. When my agent pointed out that David in the book was twelve years old, the publisher said that he was striking matches to summon the devil, then, and this couldn't be allowed.

Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.