She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.

I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!

Alas, poor Yorick!" he said. "She heard mermaids, so it follows that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. I have caught an everlasting cold, but luckily I am terribly dishonest. I cling to that.

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.

...if the spell was off, I’d have my heart eaten before I could turn around.” “Don’t you want your heart eaten?” asked the fire. [...] “Naturally I don’t,” Sophie answered.

It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.