A rat called Possible New Strain was sitting under a spaghetti strainer held down with a pile of journalism textbooks, saying rude things in rat-speak.

Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago.

So, there was this beautiful princess. She was locked in a high tower(...)She was stuck up there(...)So the only thing was to jump.

maybe when you look at your face 50 times its really not that interesting anymore

Sooner or later usually means too late

Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.

Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.