“Red ants that had a sour farty smell when they were squashed.”
“When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.”
“You want us to go in there---seriously?" He stared at the cave. "It smells like death. Horrible, farty death.”
“People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed.”
“When giants fought, ants were crushed.”
“I know now that it's the sweet, sweating smell of hope, which is opposite of hate; and it's the sour, stifled smell of greed, which is the opposite of love.”