Be careful..you're all I've got left, to remind me who I really am.

The most important thing is to be true to yourself, however you feel, and not try to feel or behave differently because you think you should, or someone has told you how you must feel. But do think about it. Unexamined feelings lead to all kinds of trouble.

Being published is not a necessary validation or a path everyone wants to take with their work. Writing—and finishing—a novel is a great thing in itself, whether or not the book is published, or becomes widely-read or not.

Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared the Major.

Yet when ancient forces stir, many things are woken.

Ow do you knock out a Denizen?" asked Suzy. "I tried it myself once or twice, but just hitting them never works." "It is not the force of the blow, but the authority with which it is delivered," quoth the raven.

I am Abhorsen..." He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel