“ There are few moments of clarity more profound than those that follow the emptying of an overcharged bladder. The world slows down, the focus sharpens, the brain comes back on line. Huge nebulous diff… Tom Holt
“ Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem. Tom Holt
“ After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives? Tom Holt
“ . . Birmingham City Council was playing third time lucky with the design of the city's celebrated Victoria Square . . . Tom Holt
“ New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else. Tom Holt
“ ...[She] was not nearly so intrusive. If she happened to observe the comings and goings of her friends out of the corner of her eye (which she could hardly fail to do, given the nature of her favorite… Tom Holt
“ As the Athenians to the Pnyx, the antique Romans to the Campus Martius, or our Nordic ancestors to the All-Thing, so the folk of Tilling flocked to the High Street for extempore parliament. Tom Holt
“ You mean it's to be peace between you and Elizabeth until after the Tapestry?" cried Georgie, horrified. The prospect of a cessation of hostilities was appalling, for this warfare provided him with th… Tom Holt
“ He turned and gave the Dark Elf a nasty look. “They can do that,” he said, “mess with your head, using arcane mind control techniques. Well-known fact.”The Dark Elf sniggered. “I wish,” he said. “Sadl… Tom Holt
“ If the Good Lord had intended us to crawl, he'd have given us a hundred legs and an exosqueleton. Tom Holt
“ Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world. Tom Holt
“ How careless of me!" By which she meant that she had deduced that he had found [them] in his pocket and pitied him for needing to be forever in the right. Tom Holt
“ Most thoughtful,"...[he said] politely. This cheerfulness was ambiguous, Had she determined to ignore ...[the] coup entirely--an established tactic, most irritating to the innovator but hard to sustai… Tom Holt
“ Realism without naturalism... is a leading motif in Modern Art. There is a move away from the struggle to perfect the reflection of Nature in Art's mirror, which I attribute to the all-pervading effec… Tom Holt
“ Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try. Tom Holt
