No woman is a heroine to her dentist.

He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.

A society gets the criminals it deserves.

That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.

Not even a hand-stitched suit could hide a body gone ruinously to seed. I was tempted to offer some fashion advice, but I didn't think he'd welcome the news that this year, bellies are being worn inside the trousers.

No woman is a heroine to her dentist.