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

A book's alright when the weather's foul and there's nothing else to do, but why sit and read when the wind is calling your name?

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

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.

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

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

Three things see no end- A flower blighted ere it bloomed, A message that was wasted, And a journey that was doomed.