Yeah, there's some unlikely beasts in the world, and it's best to stay near the ones that you've bought drinks for.
Tim PowersIt wasn't fair, but fairness was something you had to go get; it wasn't delivered like the mail.
Tim PowersThe Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the drains to their underground world.
Tim Powers