I would rather stare at the wall for half an hour than watch an episode of any of the 53,801 Australian soap operas now cluttering up UK TV.

Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do.

Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians

Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.

Some People think 'coven' is a word for a group of witches, and it's true that's what the dictionary says. But the real word for a group of witches is 'an argument'.

And these are your reasons, my lord?" "Do you think I have others?" said Lord Vetinari. "My motives, as ever, are entirely transparent." Hughnon reflected that 'entirely transparent' meant either that you could see right through them or that you couldn't see them at all.

There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.