“A librarian had found the baby sitting abandoned on the sheer edge of the world; the librarians kept her. That proved shrewd. Nepenthe had drooled on words, talked at them, and tried to eat them un...”

“...that once were urgent and necessary for an orderly world and now were buried away, gathering dust and of no use to anyone.”

“That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.”

“Once I used my powers. Now I feel like a dancing instructor, reminding the queen whom she is dancing with at this hour and with which foot she should begin.''Be thankful,' Gavin advised with a laug...”