“Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird… but somehow I like his style.""That is a footstool.”Jonathan Stroud book The Golem's EyeSource: The Golem's Eye
“Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.”Jonathan Stroud book The Golem's EyeSource: The Golem's Eye
“Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.”Jonathan Stroud book The Amulet of SamarkandSource: The Amulet of Samarkand
“He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens.”Jonathan Stroud book The Amulet of SamarkandSource: The Amulet of Samarkand
“"Woken up, have you?" the woman said. Her voice was like broken glass in an ice bucket.†† Unexpectedly sharp. And cold. No one can say I don't work hard describing things for you.”Jonathan Stroud book The Amulet of SamarkandThe Amulet of Samarkand (2003)
“I'm only introducing it because of a small sub-clause in an Official Charge that escaped my notice a year or two back. Unfortunately the author didn't forget. Like elephants, authors are – nothing contractual escapes them.”Jonathan Stroud The Bartimaeus Trilogy Official Website, Home Page