Holly is alive,' thought Foaly 'My princess lives,'exulted Orion. 'And we're chasing a dragon

You display inordinate pride for someone who has completed a task which could have been performed by a lesser primate in a shorter time.

Sounded like girls. Mixed feelings on that score. He didn't despise them with the same passion he used to. In fact, Benny suspected that there would come a time in the not-too-distant future when he might develop a mysterious interest in them.

We lost the crickets," she said. "Even you can't make that sound tough." ..."I am Butler," he said with a straight-face. "Everything I say sounds tough. Now, get out of the lake, fairy.

If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose, then I'm crazy. That's the way history is written.

Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.

I have to tell you, Arty, a screw up this early in the proceedings doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. I hope you're as clever as you keep telling everyone you are." "I never tell anybody exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.