Goodbye, Mort said, and was surprised to find a lump in his throat. It’s such an unpleasant word, isn’t it? QUITE SO. Death grinned because, as has so often been remarked, he didn’t have much option....
Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.
He felt eyes suddenly upon him because marital telepathy is a terrible thing
He had a notebook. He took notes in it. It was always useful. And them Sybil, gods bless her, had brought him this fifteen-function imp which did so many other things, although as far as he could see...
He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him. 'Thanks a lot,' he said bitterly.
He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like core values at him with impunity.
He takes the view that mornings happen to other people. I think I once saw him at breakfast, although possibly it was just someone who looked a bit like him who was lying with their head in the plate...
He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.
He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the Archchancellor, standing behind him and shouting at him.
He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no-one knew where he kept it.The point was that everyone else had someone, even if in Nobby’s case it was probably against their will.
He's a bit set in his ways.Congealed, I should think.
Hello, little girl, he said, which was only his first big mistake. I'm sure want to know all about hedgehogs, eh?I did this one last year, said Tiffany.The man looked closer, and his grin faded. Oh,...
How can you protect yourself by carrying a sword if you don’t know how to use it?’Not me, sir. Other people. They see the sword and don’t attack me,’ said Maladict patiently.Yes, but if they did, lad,...
I THINK PERHAPS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE’S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED LIVING. WOULD YOU LIKE A PRAWN?
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I could hear you not saying anything! You’ve got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn’t dead!
I know it’s not the right thing to say to a lady, miss, but you are sweating like a pig!My mother always said that horses sweat, men perspire, and ladies merely glow…Is that so? Well, miss, you are gl...
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in Heaven--serried ranks of them as far as the mind can follow and beyond, league after l...
I never understood that story, anyway, said Nanny. I mean, if I knew I’d got a heel that would kill me if someone stuck a spear in it, I’d go into battle wearing very heavy boots—
I see embarrassment among all of you. That's good. The thing about being embarrassed is that sooner or later you aren't, but you remember that you were.
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