"He'd imagined, as he always did during Threadfall, the graceful passages of the great dragons as their fiery breath charred Thread before it could fall to the ground and devour anything living, before it could burrow into the ground and multiply." Page 5.

"A chance spoken word, even by an apprentice, can sift through a man's thoughts till he forgets the source and remembers the intent. And repeats it inadvisedly." Page 19.

"You watch your step with our Master. Quickest man in the world with a drumstick and he doesn't always use it on the drums!" Page 33.

"I do not disapprove of ambition nor the ability to think independently, but presumption is unforgivable." Page 56.

"If it's you she wants, Mirrim, get down there before she hurts herself!. . .The dragon's never wrong! Come! Be quick about it, girl. She's scraping her chin raw to get to you!" Page 87.

"Piemur tried to...