The Chronicles of Amber/Funny

"I traveled for perhaps half an hour then, leaving the place far behind me, before I halted and took my breakfast in a hot, bleak valley smelling faintly of sulfur. As I was finishing, I heard a crashing noise. A horned and tusked purple thing went racing along the ridge to my right pursued by a hairless orange-skinned creature with long claws and a forked tail. Both were wailing in different keys. I nodded. It was just one damned thing after another."
 * From Trumps of Doom:

""[…] My son was dating a demon?" "Let's not be prejudiced. He'd done a lot worse his freshman year." She thought a moment, then nodded slowly."
 * From Knight of Shadows: