The words are easy - most of them have already been invented.

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.

It was amazing how many friends you could make by being bad at things, provided you were bad enough to be funny.

There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.

I was once a journalist. And I think of myself as a journalist, and that's it. You tell the truth. I even wrote a book called 'The Truth'.

Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, 'Did you hear a scream?' because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring.

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.