They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.

Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.

Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity.

Adventure! People talked about the idea as if it were something worthwhile, rather than a mess of bad food, no sleep and strange people inexplicably trying to stick pointed objects in bits of you.

His parents called him Youngster. They did this in the subconcious hope that he might take the hint. Wensleydale gave the impression of having been born with a mental age of 47.

Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.