I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry. I shall be rampant.

You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the Nine Worlds while committing suicide." "Well, there's no need to be rude," protested Sif.

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

You priests. You're all the same. You think fasting helps you think about God, when anyone who can cook would tell you that fasting just makes you think about food.

A man who casts no shadow isn't really a man at all.