People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.

The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.

Belief was never mentioned at home, but right actions were taught by daily example.

I'm fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like something you put up in the rain.

It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle.

It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers