A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put up all kinds of visible and invisible signs that say, 'Do not do this' in the hope that it'll work, but if it doesn't, then they shrug, because there is, really, no real mallet at all.

Granny Weatherwax, who had walked nightly without fear in the bandit-haunted forests of the mountains all her life in the certain knowledge that the darkness held nothing more terrible than she was.

It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.

People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.

I once absent-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce.

Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!

Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.