Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?
Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with Sabriel, to say something, to say anything. Perhaps the last five seconds they ever would have alone together.
I am not afraid, he said to himself.
I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.
My parents are going to kill me!"
"That seems rather harsh...
Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.
Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.
Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.
Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.
Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die.