“The only way to get something to turn up when you need it is to need it to turn up.”

“Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.”

“They sometimes forgot what happened if you let a pawn get all the way up the board.”

“And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or something.""They never actually said," said Tiffany. "But I think it was something like that, yes.""And did his horse turn up?" said Miss Tick."No," said Tiffany. "And that was strange, because if it'd turned up anywhere along the hills, people would have noticed it..."Miss Tick folded her hands, sniffed, and smiled a smile with no humor in it."Easily explained," she said. "Mrs. Snapperly must have had a really big oven, eh?""No, it was really quite small," said Tiffany. "Only ten inches deep.”

“It was so loud and so deep, it wasn't really sound at all, just something that turned the air hard and then hit you with it.”

“Do you need an excuse to have a war? I mean, who for? Can't you just say "You got lots of cash and land, but I've got a big sword, so divvy up right now, chop chop.”

“Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.”