“Jerry thought about what a letter of recommendation from a council of wizards would look like in his resume file."Totally secret," he said firmly.”

“What if, I never tire of asking, we said 'Secret Council' instead of the archaic and therefore cuddly 'Privy Council'?”

“If I might make a suggestion,” said Will. “About twenty paces behind us, in the Council room, is Benedict. If you’d like to go back in there and try kicking him, I recommend aiming upward and a bit to the left—”

“Delsani, you said that the Wizard and Witch Councils have joined?” said Saren curiously.“Yes. The Councils have decided to join together into one,” said Delsani, “so there wil be twice the boredom and twice as many stupid ideas.”

“What would Ren do in Oregon? Would he get a job? What would he put on his resume? High Protector and former Prince of India?”

“Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go in your own cabinet? How would Ben curate his own life? And then, thinking about his museum box, and his house, and his books, and the secret room, he realized he'd already begun doing it. Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.”