“I've always been very confident in my immaturity.”

“Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.”

“Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.”

“Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?”

“They tried boiling books, but that didn't work very well.""I'm surprised they haven't tried boiling one another.""Oh, it's been tried," Galladon said. "Fortunately. something happens to us during the Shaod—apparently the flesh of a dead man doesn't taste too good. Kolo? In fact, it's so violently bitter that no one can keep it down.""It's nice to see that cannibalism has been so logically ruled out as an option," Raoden said dryly”

“I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?”

“Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and wrong.""But the Almighty determines what is right!""Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality -- which answers only to my heart -- is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.”