My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.

What do you think you're doing?

Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.

In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.

This is your brain on magic.

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.

On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.

Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop

That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there's someone else to do the housework.

A Christian's duty, Lewis believed, is not simply to tolerate "X" but to make life with "X" an occasion to work on one's own character flaws.

I will erase every memory of every man you have ever been with, good and bad.

Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.

I think that as long as you have other poets before you and that you can learn from them, then it's always open ended for you.

An angry man is unfit to pray.

You don't have to give people fish everyday but instead you must give them the pole to learn how to fish themselves.

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.

We are taking a greater chance of having another crash at a time when the world is less capable of bearing the cost.

Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.