Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple of months ago someaone had tried to hand William the old story about there being a dog in the city that could talk. (...) The dog in front of William didn't look as if it could talk, but it DID look as if it would swear.

People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.

Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ. —Death

There is always time for another last minute

I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers.

Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

I grow as many of our vegetables as I can, because my granddad was a professional gardener, and it's in the blood.