Abhorsen

She got up, grew her legs longer to get her body out of the water and shook herself dry. Then she wandered off, following a zigzag path along the border between Life and Death, her tail wagging so hard, the tip of it beat the river into a froth behind her.

"Wake me when what terrible thing is going to happen, happens, or if it appears I might get wet."

"Yeerch. Soap. See how much I love you?"

"Time and death sleep side by side," said the Dog. "Both are in Astrael's Domain."

"Yet when ancient forces stir, many things are woken."

The Clayr Saw a sword and so I was. Remember the Wallmakers. Remember Me.

"For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but its truth cannot be denied. Not when you look into the stars of the Ninth Gate."