Oliver

“When I saw this item on the agenda, I thought that I would ask an expert to attend the meeting to answer your questions and address your concerns”. He then reached down into his briefcase and took out a child’s multicoloured stuffed toy parrot and put it on the table. Everyone, except Martin, found this very funny and when the laughter had died down, I took out my handkerchief and used it to wipe the parrot’s beak. “It looks like bird flu is already here!” I said. You will not be surprised to learn that when the official minutes of this meeting were produced ‘Professor Beaky’ was not included on the list of attendees.”
― Stephen Davies, Right Away!: A Train Driver Recalls His Railway Career

“the only thing keeping him from throwing up his breakfast was that he hadn’t had any.”
― R.A. Consell, Stealing from Wizards: Volume 3: Kidnapping

“Words, themselves, don’t have any power. If you write it in a book, it’s just a word. The real power comes from the meaning you give it when you use it.”
― R.A. Consell, Stealing from Wizards Volume 1: Pickpocketing