Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything.

Look out! He's got a daisy!

What sort of person," said Salzella patiently, "sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. Opera can do that to a man.

Neither claimed any responsibility for Milton Keynes, but both reported it as a success.

He talks pretty big for a gutter wizard," he muttered."You don't understand at all," said the wizard wearily. "I'm so scared of you my spine has turned to jelly, it's just that I'm suffering from an overdose of terror right now. I mean, when I've got over that then I'll have time to be decently frightened of you.

Vergiss nie", hatte sie immer wieder und allzu oft betont, "dass nur einhundertachtunddreißig Personen sterben müssen, damit dein Vater König wird! Und das bedeutet, dass du eines Tages vielleicht eine Königin bist!

Sie war sich ziemlich sicher, dass es auch einen weiblichen Apostel gegeben haben muss, und verblüffte Captain Roberts mit ihrer Erklärung: "Unser Herr wird immer in weißen Gewändern dargestellt, also muß irgendwer dafür gesorgt haben, dass er jeden Tag ein sauberes anziehen konnte!

Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.

Овцы глупы, и их надо погонять. А козы умны, и их надо вести.