Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this story, thought Orpheus. And the wrong friends. But that was high-minded heroes for you. Stupid.

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.

They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all.

Thats beautiful! Sad and beautiful," murmured Meggie. Why were sad stories often so beautiful? It was different in real life.

Children, they're the same everywhere. Greedy little creatures but the best listeners in the world - any world. The very best of all.

If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.

Fire and water," he said, "don't really mix. You could say they're incompatible. But when they do love each other, they love passionately.