“But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.”

“Whut's the plan, Rob?" said one of them."OK lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?"The best plans are the simplest ones ...”

“An' things ha' come to a pretty pass, ye ken, if people are going to leave stuff like that aroound where innocent people could accidentally smash the door doon and lever the bars aside and take the big chain off'f the cupboard and pick the lock and drink it!”

“Wanna see how creepy I can be?"-Mr Teatime”

“I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist—books to me are the coolest and sexiest and most wonderful things there are.”

“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.”

“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”