Busy old fool, unruly Sophie

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

Doras II was a somewhat absentminded king, It is said, when Death came to summon him, Doras granted Death the usual formal audience and then dismissed him from his presence. Death was too embarrassed to return until many years later- Ka'a Orto'o, Gnomic Utterances

I could cut a star out of paper and drop it.

Christopher discovered that you dealt with obnoxious masters and most older boys the way you dealt with governesses: you quite politely told them the truth in the way they wanted to hear it, so that they thought they had won and left you in peace.

But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons for what they do, if only one could understand them

If I give you a hint and tell you it's a hint, it will be information.