Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean there's anything wrong.

Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right.

You were safe on a troll. Anyone wanting to mug a troll would have to use a building on a stick.

She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.

I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved.

They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die in the attempt, and the trouble with dying in the attempt was that you died in the attempt.

Remember - that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. And that which does kill us leaves us dead!