If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.

Give your enemy a face, If he is human, do not dehumanize him. Know him and know why he is your enemy. If your enemy is within you, understand what it is and why you are afraid. Put a face on your fear. When you understand it, and it is no longer vague and shapeless, you will find that your fear is no longer so formidable.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

I think I know why you never married, Sarah." "Well, and I reckoned if I wanted something that'd come and go as he pleased, take me for granted, and ignore me when he chose, I'd get a cat. And if I wanted something I'd always have to be picking up after, getting into trouble, but slavishly devoted, I'd get a dog.

. . . from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone.

... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.

The hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.