The thing about stories is you have to pick the ones that last.

He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that frighten the enemy....When a well-trained gonnagle starts to recite, the enemy's ears explode.

It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

There are, almost by definition, an unlimited number of Hells - potentially at least a personal one for every living sapient being.

Fate can be one mean god at times.

Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.

The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.