A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls.

They can tak' oour lives but they canna tak' oour troousers!

Nothing but dust and fundamentalists.

He looked up at them, a scruffy Napoleon with his laces trailing, exiled to a rose-trellised Elba.

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.

Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.

Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.