I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.

Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).

You cannot rob robbers with a kitten in your hat!