You can think and you can fight, but the world's always movin', and if you wanna stay ahead you gotta dance.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks.

Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.'

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

He was currently wondering vaguely who Moey and Chandon were.

You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?