Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

This was the definition of eternity; it was the space of time devised by the Great God Om to ensure that everyone got the punishment that was due to them.

You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though.

It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of

Education had been easy. Learning things had been harder.

Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.

Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to prepare for the next one.