Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

It must be hard for humans, forever floundering through inconvenient geography. Humans are always lost. It's a basic characteristic. It explains a lot about them.

And gears," said Anathema. "My bike didn't have gears. I'm sure my bike didn't have gears." Crowley leaned over to the angel. "Oh lord, heal this bike," he whispered sarcastically. "I'm sorry, I just got carried away," hissed Aziraphale.

Money doesn't buy happiness, Gytha." "I only wanted to rent it for a few weeks!

I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.

Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those aforesaid little rambling, poky secondhand bookshops always seem slightly unearthly is that many of them really are, having strayed into this world after taking a wrong turning in their own bookshops in worlds where it is considered commendable business practice to wear carpet slippers all the time and open your shop only when you feel like it.

The English were notoriously unenthusiastic about burning witches. I suppose ours were too soggy.