It turned out that it was difficult to stay cross with a man when you could see his nipples.

Good grief,” said Merlin. “You look like the bastard child of Dumbledore and David Bowie. No, sorry, Dumbledore and Ziggy Stardust.

[Merlin – on realizing the he’d killed a man with his magic.]It was easy. It shouldn’t have been so easy to do something so big. … So final…[Gaius] …Oh Merlin! With magic or without it...

No’ seems such a flimsy and inadequate little word to express how very little interest I have in hearing you rambling on about that particular topic.

I’ve created a monster, haven’t I?” said Merlin, staring at the animated figure incredulously.”I think that, technically, I was already a monster,” the dragon replied. “Now I am a monster with social networking skills. Or...