It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.

The fastest way to travel is to be there already.

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

We're on a mission from Glod.

The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.

Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.

The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.

I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE.

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We both know that’s bullshit

regret is mostly caused by not havingdone anything.

You can live to be old or young, but you'll always have moments when you lose your head.

Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.

When deep down in the core of your being you believe that your soulmate exists, there is no limit to the ways he or she can enter your life.

I would give you everything of myself. I would give you more in two weeks than most men would give you in a lifetime.

The flesh is a worse enemy than the devil himself.

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

Anybody can make a baby without any checking, without thinking. This type of parenting can be tragic because one of the greatest actions a human being can do is to create another life.

Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party.