Yeah, there's some unlikely beasts in the world, and it's best to stay near the ones that you've bought drinks for.

The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too.

The Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the drains to their underground world.

Certainly no valid answer is ever gained by excluding any factors of the problem; that was the Puritans' error.

It wasn't fair, but fairness was something you had to go get; it wasn't delivered like the mail.

The seas and the weathers are what is; your vessels adapt to them or sink.

I think a lot of people in the Conservative party came from other parties. There wouldn't be a Conservative party today if people hadn't come from other parties.

I've learned that having a lot of money is more fun than not having a lot of money, and that once you've got it, it tends to grow all by itself, like a fire.

Mr. Bird flung his food away and leaped to his feet, glaring around at no one in particular. 'I am not a dog!' he shouted agrily, his gold earrings flashing in the firelight.

It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.

There’s nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm.

Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright, and that's alright with me.

Accidentally consumed five biscuits when I wasn't paying attention. Those biscuits are wily fellows - they leap in like sugary ninjas

The mirror can lie. Doesn't show you what's inside. And it, it can tell you you're full of life. It's amazing what you can hide just by putting on a smile.

To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone.

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience.

Why do we go through all the nonsense with security at our airport? It's not because the Catholic Church is falling apart.

Life is like Twitter: nobody wants to sign off.

I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.