On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.

Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.

You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.

...don't ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let's just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.

This is your brain on magic.

The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper.

He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.