I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.

Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if he could sit down for it, but even sitting down, you had to stand out.

I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do', but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.

He moved on, in the centre of a widening circle. He wasn't an enemy, he was a nemesis.

Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.