“He said to people: youre free. And they said hooray, and then he showed them what freedom costs and they called him a tyrant and, as soon as hed been betrayed, they milled around a bit like barn-br...”

“If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.”

“Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw.It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”

“You can be any sex you like provided you act male. There's no men and women in the Watch, just a bunch of lads.”

“No it's not!" said Constable Visit. "Atheism is a denial of a god.""Therefore It Is A Religious Position," said Dorfl. "Indeed, A True Atheist Thinks Of The Gods Constantly, Albeit In Terms of Deni...”

“These were dangerous thoughts, he knew. They were the kind that crept up on a Watchman when the chase was over and it was just you and him, facing one another in that breathless little pinch betwee...”

“WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN.”

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”

“A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.”

“No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....”