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.

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

A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more.

Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.

Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.

Even now, she wished she could write a note, push it across the table, and go away to her room. But she was no longer a Second Assistant Librarian of the Great Library of the Clayr. Those days were gone, vanished with everything else that had defined her previous existence and identity.

Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the bells. But on to more serious matters. Could you please rescue us? Prince Sameth's personal vessel is not quite what I'm used to, and he is eager to catch me a fish before my morning nap.