You were safe on a troll. Anyone wanting to mug a troll would have to use a building on a stick.

...Roland de Chumsfanleigh (it wasn't his fault).

- I notice you didn't laugh, Mr. Black! - No, Your Majesty. We are forbidden to laugh at the things kings say, sire, because otherwise we would be at it all day.

They may have been ugly. They may have been evil. But when it came to poetry in motion, the Things had all the grace and coordination of a deck-chair.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.

I have a living will and I have friends, and I have money and I have hope.