“Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought.”

“Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.”

“If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right”

“Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you.”

“Well they're pissed off and they're hungry. I was kind of busy trying not to get my brains eaten. They seemed pretty adamant about the brain-eating thing. Then they're going to IKEA, I guess”

“Keep a demon busy, I thought. Right. Maybe he fancies a game of Tiddlywinks.”

“Learning how to tell people to f**k off is one of the best things you can learn to do for your business.”

“So we're racing the Clare and the Courts," said Julian. "Fantastic. Maybe there's someone else we can piss off. The Spiral Labyrinth? The Scholomance? Interpol?”

“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.”

“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”