People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

When I am old I shall wear midnight.

Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility.

Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.

It must be powerful language if you canna make oout what the heel it’s goin’ on aboot!

Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.