What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--

What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

Mrs. Murdo, walkind even more briskly to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the pavement just in front of her with a terrific thump. How extraordinary, she thought, bending to pick it up. It was sort of a bundle. She began to untie it.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.