It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse.

Everybody thinks the Government should be doing more about everything but just think how many of the bonuses which are quite rightly being dragged off certain people, just think to what good causes they could be put - wouldn't that be a lovely thought'?

You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home.

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.

When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.

Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.

Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!