Everyone is small at night.

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.

Reality is a fragile thing.

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place

How fast the ears learned to tell what sounds meant, much faster than it took the eyes to decipher written words.

believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things. Clive Barker, Abarat

Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the Devil.