“Have you ever done this before?""Done what?""Attacked two armed men with sticks?""No, but I'm looking forward to it," he smiled.”

“Conor, haven't you ever seen a firefly before?""Not like that. That's a flyine sixty-watt lightbulb.”

“The last time I thought I was going to die, my life flashed before my eyes. I have always hated reruns on TV, so this time I just raised my arms and said "Do your worst.”

“What you haven't done by thirty you're not likely to do. What you have done you'll do lots more.”

“And so this is Christmas...what have you done?”

“Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.”

“Erak. The one they call the Oberjarl," the Arridi answered him.Impulsively, Axl took a pace forward, raising his ax threateningly.You'll have to go through the rest of us to take him!" he shouted defiantly.Well done, Axl," he said. "You've just told them I'm here.”