Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.

Let's see, now... in HOGFATHER there are a number of stabbings, someone's killed by a man made of knives, someone's killed by the dark, and someone just been killed by a wardrobe. It's a book about the magic of childhood. You can tell.

Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.

I'm not the world's greatest expert, but I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, ... broomsticks and spells would have given her a clue?' - when J.K. Rowling insisted she wasn't writing fantasy.

Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.

When in doubt, choose to live.

You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire.