He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.

People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.

Most horses don't walk backwards voluntarily, because what they can't see doesn't exist.

I believe in reincarnation,” [Bjorn] said. I KNOW. “I tried to live a good life. Does that help?” THAT’S NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE... SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION... YOU’LL BE BJORN AGAIN.

It takes forty men with their feet on the ground to keep one man with his head in the air.

The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.

Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle when they tried to think. In a funny sort of way, they were much better at it.