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"A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more."

— Garth Nix Sabriel (1995)

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Gold-Eye's Change Vision suddenly gripped him, showing him a picture of the unpleasantly close future, the soon-to-be-now.

Shade's Children (1997)

"Time and death sleep side by side," said the Dog. "Both are in Astrael's Domain."

Abhorsen (2003)

"Oh, to be a minion," muttered Giac to himself dreamily. "I was a sub-minion."

Lord Sunday (2010)

"Choosers will be beggars if the begging’s not their choosing," said the Dog.

Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (2001)

"All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go."

Sir Thursday (2006)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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