Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble.

A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more.

Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.

Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.

While princes do rule the empire, they have to work within certain boundaries, and they're also always in a contest with each other to become the next emperor. And this contest includes actually killing each other, doing anything they can get away with to each other.

Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.