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

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little white sheep attached to their legs or backsides and the rest shouting about monsters.

Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous.

Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!

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've often noticed" Fiona said, "that when people say, 'This can't happen in this day and age', they say it because it is happening.