Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them.

You get all sorts of people in the library, and the librarian gets it all.

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.

Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.

People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but prefer dinner to turn up inside an hour.

This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That’s why everything is exactly the wrong way around.