Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.

For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.

Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic.

Don't move," said Sprockett."Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.

Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.

Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.

Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.