Taggle was absorbed in the meat pie. ‘It’s covered in BREAD, ’ he huffed. ‘What fool has covered MEAT with BREAD?

Taggle looked up at her, his amber eyes as deep as the loneliness Kate had felt before he became her friend."The traditional thing, " he said slowly, "involves the river and a sack.

I am not sure I can.""Become sure, " said the cat, his eyes flashing green in the firelight. "Once you leap on a boar's back, you can't sheath your claws.

Often she dreamt she had two wings, and one was frightened, and one was happy.

They hurried when they could, and dozed when they had to, hiding in tangles of bloodtwig and heartsease at the edge of the road.

The night was white-blind with fog, and Kate staggered over every stone and stumbled in every puddle, but she pushed on as fast as she could.

Be brave. Things will find their shape.

At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices.

Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet." Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was frightened.

They're gone. I let them chase me. I led them like a sunbeam and vanished like a shadow.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

Life will drag us kicking and screaming to our destiny if we try to escape it.

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.

I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'

When black America is on the move, America is on the move.

You spend that money, and then what? At least now you know it's going to a great cause. We'll see how many masks I'll keep in the future, but certain ones have more meaning, so I'll hold onto them.

Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.

But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.