Time and death sleep side by side.

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

Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the Loundergs had attacked, Suzy was quite cheerful.

But think of how much worse it would be to sit here, not knowing. Until the Dead choke the Ratterlin and Hedge walks across the dry bed of the river to batter down the door.

Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die.

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

If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?