“Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.”
“Then watch out. I warn you!" "That is very considerate of you," said Chrestomanci. "I like to be warned.”
“Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining.”
“It's one of those things a person has to do; sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.”
“Agatha Christie n. A silent, putrid fart committed by someone in this very room, and only one person knows whodunnit.”
“Life is one long process of getting tired.”