It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.

Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese.

Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.

The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.

It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of

See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.

So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.