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

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

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

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.

There's all sorts of things I was always meaning to get around to - learning to play the flute, calculating the square root of nought, going mad - but I just didn't have the time.