Actors, said Granny, witheringly. As if the world weren't full of enough history without inventing more.

I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.

The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can just hear the universe replying, “Well, what about you?”

In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.

And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You don't know where it comes from, it's magic! That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!

Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity.