“We're all stories, in the end.”

“I'll be a story in your head. That's okay. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? 'Cause it was, you know. It was the best. The daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back.”

“All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage.”

“You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!”

“It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go.”

“Well we've moved through the funfair a bit - we've done the rollercoaster, now we're on the ghost train.”

“I always rip out the last page of a book, then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings.”