I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.

It's an old magical principle - it's even filtered down into RPG systems - that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' - in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

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

The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.

If you try to to take my bananas from me, I will reclaim them from your cold dead hands.