Push something in someone’s face, and they will shove it away reflexively. Threaten to snatch it away from them, and sometimes they become convinced that it is what they want.

Brand a man as a thief and no one will ever hire him for honest labor - he will be a hardened robber within weeks. The brand does not reveal a person's nature, it shapes it.

Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.

In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell.

Making a wish is like saying, 'I can't deal with anything, I give up, somebody bigger come along and solve it all instead.

We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human.

If wits were pins, the man would be a veritable hedgehog.