Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

I would rather stare at the wall for half an hour than watch an episode of any of the 53,801 Australian soap operas now cluttering up UK TV.

Granny Weatherwas was not a jouster in the lists of love, but, as an intelligent onlooker, she knew how the game was played.

Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.

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

Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.