Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible exception of bottles, there's nothing in the cosmos large enough or malicious enough to frighten them, or stupid enough to try.

Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant.

Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of