Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.

A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls.

There are plenty of people who believe that Elvis is alive, or that aliens occasionally land here to do highly personal things to people, or that the whole idea of evolution is a conspiracy of godless scientists. Almost all of these people can vote and some of them have got guns.

I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.

Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films.

Up until now I'd always though RSI meant 'I hate my damn job'.

It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.