Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple pie, or whatever particular delicacy their mother made. It had never occurred to him that they might do it because they'd get yelled at if they didn't.
Terry PratchettAny fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.
Terry Pratchett