Although she was aware that somewhere under her complicated strata of vests and petticoats there was some skin, that didn't mean to say she approved of it.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.

Million-to-one chances...crop up nine times out of ten.

When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.

A horse's skull always looks scary, even if someone has put lipstick on it.

It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and Acme Dynamite Company written on the side. It's more interesting, and doesn't take so long.

… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. And it was more colorful, if you liked the color of blood.