I do not in fact use many puns. Certainly there are far fewer than people believe. But I suspect the ones I do occasionally use tend to hang around in people's memories for a while.

You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?

In the world I live in, 'not worse' is nearly as good as 'better'.

Good or bad, do it as you. Too many lies and there's no truth to go back to.

Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead

People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.

And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.