“Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.”

“At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.”

“Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.”

“One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.”

“For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.”

“Evil can never touch the person who refuses to accept it.”

“Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water.”