If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.

Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians

"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

But I think you have a right to know what it is you’re not being told.

Their families cordially detested one another.

"God does not play games with His loyal servants," said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice. "Whooo-eee," said Crowley. "Where have you been?"

It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.