He’s bound to have done something,” Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patrician’s view of crime and punishment. If there was a crime, there should be punishment. If the specific criminal should be involved in the punishment process then this was a happy accident, but if not then any criminal would do, and since everyone was undoubtedly guilty of something, the net result was that, in general terms, justice was done.

Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.

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.

Stop stealing the funeral meats right now, you wee scuggers!" She shouted. The Feegles stopped and stared at her. Then Rob Anybody said: "Socks wi'oot feets?

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

Banana daiquiris aren't knock-'em-back-by-the-flagon.

Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be