'What are your fees?' inquired Guyal cautiously. 'I respond to three questions,' stated the augur. 'For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.' - From 'Guyal of Sfere', The Dying Earth.

'Excellent; all is well. The 'everlasting tedium' exactly countervenes the 'immediate onset of death' and I am left only with the 'canker' which, in the person…

I also am of noble blood, or so it seems to me. - Orlo

'What is all this commotion? Gookin, why do you lie among the cheeses?' Twango from Cugel's Saga

1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7.…

If you can't be direct, why be?

If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.