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The price is the blood of the girl who cowers behind you. - Hecate to Grimalkin about Thorne
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A true knight has a strict code of chivalry by which he lives his life: He cannot refuse a challenge and he always keeps his word. I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.
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What is evil?' asked the Fiend
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philosophical
existential-questions
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Most things look better from a distance...And as a matter of fact, so do most people. - The Spook, pg 435
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Sometimes in this life it is necessary to sacrifice oneself for the good of others . - Mam
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You are feeling better, no?' he asked. My mouth dropped open. 'I thought you didn't speak our language...' I said. He shrugged. 'I do not speak well, but I can say enough. I understand more what I hear than I am able to reply. To rule, you must learn. I study many languages. You learn more by listening than speaking, no? So that is what I do. I have learned much already by listening to your conversation with the sorceress. I know you false...
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Each breath, each beat of your heart makes you stronger, braver, better.
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Lonely? How can you be lonely ? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely. In the meantime, stop complaining. You're nearly a man now, and a man has to work. Ever since the world began, men have been doing jobs they didn't like. Why should it be any different for you? You're the seventh son of a seventh son, and this is the job you were born to do. - Mam
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He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It's part of learning the job. - Spook
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Are you my enemy? Are you strong, with speed and agility and the training of a warrior? It matters naught to me. Run now! Run fast into the forest! I'll give you a few moments' start--an hour, if you wish. But you will never be fast enough. I'll catch and kill you before long.
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I had no doubt in my mind that I loved Alice (Tom Ward).
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The person carrying me came to a halt and spoke. 'Take good care of her. I'll see you in two days.' It was the voice of Grimalkin.
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Be less than what you are so that you can become more." -- Joseph Delaney, The Spook's Sacrifice"
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then Bony Lizzie walked right past me, knelt by General Stanton, and cut off his thumb bones. I had to remind myself that his cries of pain were just the after-effects of his body since his soul was long gone.
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Did you finish the key?" I asked him."
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Maybe, but she knows too much and she's clever too. She's just a girl now, but one day she'll be a woman and a clever woman's dangerous.
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We depend on neither man nor beast to get us where we need to go. If you rely on your own two good legs, then they won't let you down.
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The truth was that we all faced death here. For my part I was somewhat fatalistic - if it happened, then so be it. But I wanted to survive. The future - even without Alice - called to me, and I didn't want that taken away.
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What direction are we heading in, Jenny?' he asked. 'East,' she replied promptly. 'How do you know that?' 'Because you told me that's the direction we were taking.
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Mine was the shortest.
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In order to survive, Tom and the Spook must form an alliance with Grimalkin, the deadly witch assassin of the most powerful of the Pendle clans.
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Bryony
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She was holding the Starblade. It was Alice.
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failed. I'm weary--weary
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What on earth could be worse than a malevolent witch?' I demanded. 'I belong to the best bit of the dark... I'm an earth-witch who serves Pan. My magic comes from the ground; it comes from the elements; it comes from the Earth itself. The truth is, that's what I was always meant to be.
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We three alone have the speed, skill and power to do what must be done', said Grimalkin. 'You have the Destiny Blade and Bone Cutter -- in addition to the talents inherited from your mother. Alice wields powerful magic, and I am Grimalkin.
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the-wardstone-chronicles
self-confidence
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My name is Slither.
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When Golgoth finally left this place, these fragments would thaw, just as Morgan's had. I had to acknowledge that Grimalkin was dead.
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My life only began the day I was apprenticed to Tom Ward. - Jenny, in her diary
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Why does it have to be like this? Why does life have to be so short, with all the good things passing quickly. Is it worth living at all?
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Whatever it cost, I had to do what was right. Better oblivion. Better to be nothing than live to experience that.
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Alice was standing in the gloom, with just the toes of her pointy shoes poking out into the sunlight.
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I'll find nobody for you, witch!" the man retorted."
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For a moment I envied them their religion. They were lucky to have something they could all believe in together.
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Getting money out of some people was harder than getting blood from a stone.
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They were tucking into big plates of bacon and eggs
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When the good die, it sometimes unshackles evil that would otherwise have been kept in check!
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Believe that you can do something and half the battle is won before you start." -Bill Arkwright"
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You're shivering with cold. I'll make you a cup of hot soup to warm your bones. That'll have to do for now - I'll cook you a nice big meal later.' I was trembling more than shivering, upset by what had happened in Morgan's room, but gradually I began to calm down. I did as I was told and warmed my hands at the fire, watching my boots begin to steam. 'It's good to see you've still got all your fingers!' Meg said. I smiled. 'Where's Mr Gregor..
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