The important thing about adventures, thought Mr. Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.

But is all this true?" said Brutha. Didactylos shrugged. "Could be. Could be. We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork." "You mean you don't KNOW it's true?" said Brutha. "I THINK it might be," said Didactylos. "I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.

People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.

They were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer.

I think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane.

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult, and I decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces that I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.

There are thousands of good reasons why magic doesn't rule the world. They're called Witches and Wizards.