...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.

I am suspicious of both facility and speed.

I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.

careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Titchy little snapperwhippers like you should not be higgling around with an old sage and onions who is hundreds of years more than you.

I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.