“Om began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist.”

“Ella turned to the fireplace where a blackened kettle hung over what Granny Weatherwax always called an optimist's fire: two logs and hope.”

“Om helps those who help one another.”

“Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.”

“And it came to pass that in that time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: ‘Psst!’”

“Det beste man kunne si om Magrotte var at hun var noenlunde alminnelig og velstelt og like flatbrystet som et strykebrett med et par erter på, selv om hodet hennes var altfor fullstappet med griller.”

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”