"Emrys? Child of light, belonging to the gods...? That hardly seems the name for a demon's whelp." Book One, Chapter 1, pg. 7

"I don't want it. It's black inside. Look you can see right though." Book One, Chapter 2, pg. 29

"They used to say in my country, the ring-dove has many enemies, because her flesh is sweet and her eggs are good to eat. But she lives and she prospers, because she runs away. The Lady Niniane may have called you her little falcon, but you're not a falcon, yet, young Merlin. You're only a dove. Remember that. Live by keeping quiet, and by running away. Mark my words."

"The gods only go with you, Cerdic, if you put yourself in their path." Book One, Chapter 8, pg. 72

"Bring him along, one of you. Uther, you may as well give him your cloak again before he dies in front of your...