Some shadows are so long, they arrive before the light.

Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they didn't want to marry you.

What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons?

Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken.

A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? I make no suggestion that one side or other is right, but observation over many years leads me to believe it is true.