When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.

Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple of months ago someaone had tried to hand William the old story about there being a dog in the city that could talk. (...) The dog in front of William didn't look as if it could talk, but it DID look as if it would swear.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.

People are bound to get excited when they see a ten-million-ton starship trying to fly down the street.

Mr. Tulip lived his life on that thin line most people occupy just before they haul off and hit someone repeatedly with a wrench.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends, I read somewhere.