Nothing is what it seems, boy. Expect nothing and fear nothing, here or anywhere. There’s your first lesson. - Susan Cooper

Nearly every tale that men tell of magic and witches and such is born out of foolishness and ignorance and sickness of mind—or is a way of explaining things they do not understand.

All knowledge is sacred, but it should not be secret.

He was not for that moment a human being, but a frenzied creature possessed by rage, turned into an animal. All that could be seen in him was the urge to hurt, and it was, as it will always be, the most dreadful sight in the world.