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

Clearly the Old One had the capacity to kill - or easily deliver some sort of final ending that sounded remarkably like death.

Time and death sleep side by side.

There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of your own actions, and make the best out of what happens.

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassionate to those who are weaker than me. Just because I have power doesn't mean I have to use it!

Do not tarry, do not stop, no matter what happens.

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.