73 quotes
“It’s easy. A lobotomized monkey could do it.”
“And where are we going to find a lobotomized monkey at this time of night?”
The Eyre Affair (2001)
I don’t think God has any more idea than you or I about what’s going on.
The Woman Who Died a Lot (2012)
“Books”—Snell smiled—“are a kind of magic.”
The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
The good thing about being in the BookWorld is that we aren’t hampered by anything as awkward as physical laws. The RealWorld must be hideously annoying to do science in.
One of Our Thursdays is Missing (2011)
“Did she believe you?”
“She’s an excellent journalist—of course not.”
One of Our Thursdays is Missing (2011)
I didn’t know much about Conspiracy, but I did know that its theorists were mostly paranoid and tended to value conviction above evidence.
One of Our Thursdays is Missing (2011)
If you’ve not dreamed, you’ve never truly slept. Dreams are the place where you can be yourself; do anything, be anything. The mind set free.
“Don’t believe this,” murmured Miss Havisham. “It’s all poppycock. Her majesty is a verb short of a sentence.”
Lost in a Good Book (2002)
“Do you know what the worst bit about dying is?”
“Tell me, Gran.”
“You never get to see how it all turns out.”
Lost in a Good Book (2002)
I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does.
Lost in a Good Book (2002)
Feedback loops, echo chambers, circular reinforcement. All could play a part in escalating the utterly imaginary to the level of reality, sometimes with fatal consequences.
“Haven’t I seen your face somewhere else?”
“No, it’s always been right here on the front of my head.”
The Eyre Affair (2001)
The atmosphere in the room was so thick with dramatic clichés you could have cut it with a knife.
The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
The leader was identified by his dental records—why he had them on him, no one was quite sure.
The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
“Dead,” muttered Mycroft with a resigned air. “Never been that before. Not even once. Are you quite sure?”
“Do I have to talk to insane people?”
“You’re a librarian now. I’m afraid it’s mandatory.”
The Woman Who Died a Lot (2012)
A third faction who called them selves “simplists” argued that there was a single fundamental rule the governed all story: if it works, it works.
“He said you were very dangerous.”
“No more dangerous than anyone else who dares to speak the truth.”
Lost in a Good Book (2002)
Mr. McGregor’s a nasty piece of work, isn’t he? Quite the Darth Vader of children’s literature.
Lost in a Good Book (2002)
How about this for a title: Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth—Just Deal with It.