The Librarian liked being best man. You were allowed to kiss bridesmaids, and they weren't allowed to run away.
That is because you don't yet know how to deal with time, said Wen. But I will teach you to deal with time as you would deal with a coat, to be worn when necessary and discarded when not.Will I have t...
Susan says, don't get afraid, get angry.
Sometimes scientists change their minds. New developments cause a rethink. If this bothers you, consider how much damage is being done to the world by people for whom new developments do not cause a r...
Someone has to do it. It's all very well calling for eye of newt, but do you mean Common, Spotted or Great Crested? Which eye, anyway? Will tapioca do just as well? If we substitute egg white will the...
So, instead, I give tips on how to be a professional boxer. A good diet is essential, of course, as is a daily regime of exercise. Pay attention to your footwork, it will often get you into trouble. G...
So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.
She was never likely to say out loud, I wish that I could marry a handsome prince, but knowing that if you did you’d probably open the door to find a stunned prince, a tied-up priest, and a Nac Mac Fe...
Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole.
SOONER OR LATER ALL MEN MUST DIE. EVERYTHING DIES IN THE END. I CAN BE ROBBED BUT NEVER DENIED, I TOLD MYSELF. WHY WORRY? I too cannot be cheated, snapped Fate.
Royalty pollutes people’s minds, boy. honest men start bowing and bobbing just because someone’s granddad was a bigger murdering bastard than theirs was.
Red sky at night, the city's alight.
Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, What happens if I do this?
Ponder just let it happen. It's because their minds are so often involved with deep and problematic matters, he told himself, that their mouths are allowed to wander around making a nuisance of themse...
Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields...NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT? THE DEATH OF RATS WOULD RIDE SOME KIND OF DOG.Picture more fields, a...
People who say things like ‘may all your dreams come true’ should try living in one for five minutes.
People in chains had a tendency to look guilty.
Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible, of course. That was the trick, all right. There w...
Once you had a good excuse, you opened the door to bad excuses.
Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'.