129 Quotes by Tom Holt

Malcolm rubbed his eyes. ‘And my niceness is going to save the world, is it?

All good things must come to an end,' said Flosshilde, 'and I don't suppose he'll ever be interested in me even if he does get rid of her. Which is funny, really,' she said bitterly. 'After all, he's nothing special and I am, Heaven knows. But there you are.

...[She] was not nearly so intrusive. If she happened to observe the comings and goings of her friends out of the corner of her eye (which she could hardly fail to do, given the nature of her favorite sitting-place) and chanced to be able to remember when she had seen them and where they had been going, it was simply a tribute to her keen powers of observation and recall. Conscious spying was beneath her altogether.

The next morning, Malcolm thought long and hard before waking up, for he had come to recognise over the past quarter of a century that rather less can go wrong if you are asleep.

For some reason or other, Loge had a horrible feeling that by We, Wotan meant him.

Although her hearing was excellent, she had that gift of temporary deafness that is granted to so few.

In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.

You wouldn't think you could get bored falling to your death... But when it's a really, really long drop, there's a definite risk on ennui.

The doughnut was definitely looking at him. Hello, sailor, it seemed to be saying.