How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Only a very powerful necromancer could use that spell. Only a totally evil one would want to. And evil breeds evil, evil taints places and makes them attractive to further acts of…
"Stop it!" Sabriel said aloud, to still her mind of its imaginings. (5.13)
Interesting idea, that evil can taint a place. It's like evil deeds create a magnet for even more evil deeds. But can a place really be evil?
Quote #2
The name Kerrigor, while not exactly familiar, touched some basic fear in her, some memory. Perhaps Abhorsen had spoken this name, which undoubtedly belonged to one of the Greater Dead. The name scared her in the same way the broken stone did, as if they were tangible symbols of a world gone wrong, a world where her father was lost, where she herself was terribly threatened. (5.33)
Kerrigor is synonymous with evil in this book, and here's where this idea is introduced. World going wrong? Yep, Kerrigor's fault. He's pretty much the root of all evil in this story.
Quote #3
Sabriel cried out when she saw it, and felt the Dead spirit within. The Book of the Dead opened to fearful pages in her memory, and descriptions of evil poured into her head. It was a Mordicant that hunted her—a thing that could pass at will through Life and Death […]. (5.54)
Although Kerrigor is the evil mastermind in Sabriel's story, evil manifests itself in many different ways. The Mordicant that chases Sabriel throughout her journey is one of these manifestations, and it's incredibly nasty.