Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

You don't have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.

I tweet, therefore my entire life has shrunk to 140 character chunks of instant event and predigested gnomic wisdom. And swearing.

Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does... ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.

Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’ Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.

I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear. Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.

"Some things may change," said Wednesday, abruptly. "People, however... People stay the same."