I don't think a baker reads an awful lot about bread.

Winners never talk about glorious victories. Thats because they're the ones who see what the battle field looks like afterwards. Its only the losers who have glorious victories.

The enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no-one has the right to be stupid.

Always face what you fear. Have just enough money, never too much, and some string. Even if it’s not your fault, it’s your responsibility. Witches deal with things. Never stand between two mirrors. Never cackle. Do what you must do. Never lie, but you don’t always have to be honest. Never wish. Especially don’t wish upon a star, which is astronomically stupid. Open your eyes, and then open your eyes again.

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.

In her own special category, she was quite beautiful. This was the category of all the women, in his entire life, who had ever thought he was worth smiling at.

Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole.