Banana daiquiris aren't knock-'em-back-by-the-flagon.

No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk.

You’d better tell me what you know, toad,” said Tiffany. “Miss Tick isn’t here. I am.” “Another world is colliding with this one,” said the toad. “There. Happy now? That’s what Miss Tick thinks. But it’s happening faster than she expected. All the monsters are coming back.” “Why?” “There’s no one to stop them.” There was silence for a moment. “There’s me,” said Tiffany.

It is possibly worth mentioning at this point that Mr. Young thought that paparazzi was a kind of Italian linoleum.

That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that anyone could have thought of are very rare men.

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

Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.