A human being with no daemon was like someone without a face, or with their ribs laid open and their heart torn out: something unnatural and uncanny that belonged to the world of night-ghasts, not the waking world of sense.
Niepokoić się o młodych to obowiązek starych – powiedział Bibliotekarz. – A zadaniem młodych jest lekceważyć niepokój starych.
A human being with no daemon was like someone without a face, or with their ribs laid open and their heart torn out: something unnatural and uncanny that belonged to the world of night-ghasts, not the waking world of sense.