Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple of months ago someaone had tried to hand William the old story about there being a dog in the city that could talk. (...) The dog in front of William didn't look as if it could talk, but it DID look as if it would swear.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Yes, sir, thank you, sir, and I wouldn’t trust me one little inch, sir. I knows a bad one when I sees them. I have a mirror.

Humans can think inhuman thoughts.

History, contrary to popular theories, is kings and dates and battles.

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.