Sabriel's Father Quotes

“Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die.”

I am Abhorsen...” He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, “Father of Sabriel

“Our parts now -- which perforce we must play -- are not father and daughter, but one old Abhorsen, making way for the new. But behind this, there is always my love.”

“And though my powers wane with the ebb of time, I always know when one Abhorsen falls and another takes their place. [...] Even if he has not passed the Final Gate, he will walk in life not more.”