The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.

I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards.

Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

It was long after midnight and the stars looked damp and chilly; the air was full of the busy silence of the night, which is created by hundreds of small furry things treading very carefully in the hope of finding dinner while avoiding being the main course.

Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment. "No," he said eventually, "what?" There was silence. Then Albert straightened up and said, "Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right.

I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.