Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it.

That, lad," he said proudly, "was some of the worst poetry I have heard for a long time. It was offensive to the ear and a torrrture to the soul....We'll make a gonnagle out of ye yet!

And never resist a perfect moment.

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

I dare say that quite a few people have contemplated death for reasons that much later seemed to them to be quite minor.

Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your own home.

...Roland de Chumsfanleigh (it wasn't his fault).