The More 'otter It Is, The More

Are You Going To Go Down On Your Knees And Beg For Your Life, Old One?" Abbot Mortimer Stared Calmly Into Cluny's Savage Eye. "i Will Never Bend My Knee On My Own Behalf. However, If I Thought I Could Save The Life Of One Of My Friends I Would Gladly Fall Down On Both Knees. But I Know You, Cluny, Better Than You Know Yourself. There Is Not A Scrap Of Pity Or Mercy In Your Heart, Only A Burning Desire For Vengeance. Therefore, I Will Not Kneel To One Who Is Consumed By Evil.

Fate Is Fickle, And The Company Of Unwilling Friends Short Lived.

Each Of Us Is Born To Follow A Star, Be It Bright And Shining Or Dark And Fated. Sometimes The Path Of These Stars Will Cross, Bringing Love Or Hatred. However, If You Look Up At The Skies On A Clear Night, Out Of All The Countless Lights That Twinkle And Shine, There Will Come One. That Star Will Be Seen In A Blaze, Burning A Path Of Light Across The Roof Of The Earth, A Great Comet.

Don't Be Ashamed To Weep; 'tis Right To Grieve. Tears Are Only Water, And Flowers, Trees, And Fruit Cannot Grow Without Water. But There Must Be Sunlight Also. A Wounded Heart Will Heal In Time, And When It Does, The Memory And Love Of Our Lost Ones Is Sealed Inside To Comfort Us.

I Still Pinch Meself When I Wake Up Of A Morning...who Ever Thought I'd Be A Children's Author -- Let Alone A Best-selling Children's Author? I Feel I Should Still Be Driving A Truck, Or (working As) A Longshoreman.