YOU FEAR TO DIE? "It's not that I don't want... I mean, I've always...it's just that life is a habit that's hard to break.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.

The people who guard the rainbow don't like those who get in the way of the sun.

Ordinary fortune-tellers tell you what you want to happen; witches tell you what’s going to happen whether you want it to or not. Strangely enough, witches tend to be more accurate but less popular.

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.

Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it.

Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge.