“Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.”
“Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.”
“As Mab explains to Will why using magic has to hurt...."Think about guns. If it hurt you to shoot a gun, don't you think people would think harder about when and where and why they did it?”
“If you still use the word "I" to identify and represent yourself, that explains why you still use less than 20% of brain capacity.”
“Stories are in one way or another mirrors. We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it doesn’t work. Like mirrors stories prepare us for the day to come. They distract us from the things in darkness.”
“I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't like?”