Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Sabriel.
Coming of Age Quotes
Sabriel met his gaze, and her eyes were not the uncertain, flickering beacons of adolescence. "I am only eighteen years old on the outside," she said, touching her palm against her breast in an alm...
Mortality Quotes
"Not as I do," replied Abhorsen, smiling so his paper-white face crinkled at the corners and drew back from his equally white teeth. "And I say the child is not yet dead." (P.11-12)
Fate and Free Will Quotes
"You're going to be leaving us, aren't you?" the Magistrix said suddenly […] "I just saw it, in the reflection of the bell. You were crossing the Wall…" (1.66)
Good vs. Evil Quotes
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!" Sab...
The Supernatural Quotes
In fact, the Perimeter was much more successful in keeping people from Ancelstierre out of the Old Kingdom, than it was in preventing things from the Old Kingdom going the other way. Anything power...
Courage Quotes
"I expected to go alone," replied Sabriel. She had expected that, but felt a tinge of regret. A protective group of soldiers would be quite a comfort. The fear of being alone in a strange and dange...
Rules and Order Quotes
"Necromancy is Free Magic, not governed by the Charter…'" "Father's was different," replied Sabriel distantly, still staring at the bell she held in her hand… "Binding, not raising. He was a fa...
Loss Quotes
She hesitated, for it was hard to talk about Abhorsen without tears coming to her eyes, then continued quickly, to get it over and done with. (2.62)