Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible exception of bottles, there's nothing in the cosmos large enough or malicious enough to frighten them, or stupid enough to try.
Tom Holt
How many spectral warriors does it take to change a light-bulb? One, and a stepladder. At a pinch, of course, he could stand on a chair.
change light
At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance
race thetimes time
Tact comes as naturally to full-bore handguns as, say, ice-skating to African elephants, but there comes a time when an exceptional individual is prepared to stand up and break the mould.
thetimes time
I didn't find out she was actually the Queen of the Fey until some time later. Bit of a shock, but I think we could've made a go of it, if she hadn't been so dead set on wiping out the human race.
Vote!' George rolled his eyes. 'This is an assassination, not a debating society.' - c. 7
society
That's it?' Boamund said. 'Basically, yes,' the hermit replied. 'I've left out Helmut von Moltke and the Peace of Nikolsburg, and maybe I skated over the Benelux customs union a bit, but I think you've got the essentials there. Anything you're not sure about, you can look up in the book.' - c. 1
peace
Like, there's these new fundamentalist religious fanatics, some name like Meek Militant Action. Their aim's to inherit the Earth, provided nobody objects.' - c. 12
action
Be my guest,' Vanderdecker said. 'You can watch a master liar at work, if you don't mind being an accomplice.' 'Doesn't worry me,' Jane replied, 'I'm an accountant.' - c. 8
worry work mind
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
car luck work
Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.
poetry
Besides, George pointed out, dragons burn towns and demand princesses as ransom. The dragons, referring to the Siege of Jerusalem, the Sack of Constantinople and a thousand years of dynastic marriages, said, Look who's talking. - c. 4
marriage
New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else.
technology
Jeez, for a superior intelligence, you must be just plain dumb,' he said. - c. 19
intelligence
worry
.. And we have already seen how insurance is like a pyramid - (Huge, incomprehensible, hideously expensive, completely unnecessary and specifically designed only to be of benefit to you once you're dead?)
benefits
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