“They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever.”

“Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.”

“I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.”

“The hated have no reason to love.”

“Could I please amend that suggestion? Could you not be there in the second darkest shadow one hour before midnight, to see who steps into the darkest shadow?”

“She waited with Billy Slick while Carrot went on the errand, and for something to say, she said, Billy Slick doesnt sound much like a goblin name? Billy made a face. Too right! Granny calls me Of t...”

“He was, however, unable to give much prolonged or continuous thought to anything that evening , or to concentrate on any one idea; and anyway, even if he had been able to, he would not have found h...”

“Nature can counsel nothing but crime.”

“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”