Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week.
Who was it under the chair? said Windle. That was Schleppel, said Lupine. We think he’s a bogeyman. Are bogeymen undead? He won’t say. You’ve never seen him? I thought bogeymen hid under things and, e...
When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is your illusions.
When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.
When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.
When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.
What’s magic, eh? Just wavin’ a stick an’ sayin’ a few wee magical words. An’ what’s so clever aboot that, eh? But lookin’ at things, really lookin’ at ’em, and then workin’ ’em oout, now, that’s a re...
What will you do? said Susan. Lie, said Lu-Tze happily. It’s amazing how often that works.
What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?
Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. Therefore, he understood, there is, in truth, no Past, only a memory of the Past. Blink your...
Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months, said the Baron.Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir. They teach facts, not understanding. It's like teaching people about fore...
Well, I’m sorry to have to tell you, sir, that your polar ice caps are below regulation size for a planet of this category, sir.
We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM?Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?NOOh, come on. You can't expect me to believe that. It's an astronomical fact.THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE R...
Voodoo is a very interesting religion for the whole family, even those members of it who are dead.
Tiffany read the sign and smiled. Aha, she said. There was nothing to knock on, so she added Knock, knock in a louder voice. A woman’s voice from within said: Who’s there? Tiffany, said Tiffany. Tiffa...
This, milord, is my family's axe. We have owned it for almost nine hundred years, see. Of course, sometimes it needed a new blade. And sometimes it has required a new handle, new designs on the metalw...
This man was so absent-mindedly clever that he could paint pictures that didn’t just follow you around the room but went home with you and did the washing-up.
Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.