Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough. The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
Tyrants are all the same—shocking temper when they don’t get their own way! The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head. The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corruption and error hardwired at inception. The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
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)