...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

What do you think you're doing?

Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.

In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.

This is your brain on magic.

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.

On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.

Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop

That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there's someone else to do the housework.

Well, the only reason we’re friends is because you can rock a tweed suit, ” she informed, tone mock serious. “So if you want to keep me around, I expect more tweed.

People first become friends, and then they love each other.

Our minds must be set always to seek the will of the Lord. Following the progressive discipline revealed through the Bible will result in a walk of obedience to God.

.the fire can heal. Somebody needs to see the light, somebody needs to feel the heat. Burn..

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

Once the 'portals of the future close - in Amazonia, Siberia or the Arctic - we will find ourselves powerless to affect the outcome of this dreadful tale.

The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards.

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.'

I am an honest person, transparent, that look citizens straight in their faces.

The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.