“Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.”

“[from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.”

“Literature is claimed to be a mirror of the world,” I said, “but the Outlanders are fooling themselves. The BookWorld is as orderly as people in the RealWorld *hope* their own world to be—it isn’t a mirror, it’s an aspiration.”

“You'll like it here; everyone is quite mad.”

“Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.”

“Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.”

“Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.”