Knowing things is magical, if other people don't know them.

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.

They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . .

Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known.

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

Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it.

Nigel gave the lamp a cautious buff and small smoking red letters appeared in the air. "Hi," Nigel read aloud, "Do not put down the lamp because your custom is important to us. Please leave a wish after the tone and, very shortly, it will be our command. In the meantime, have a nice eternity."