“Hate eats the hater the way ogres eat little boys.”

“The weak are meat the strong do eat.”

“The first of ‘Goose’s Two Laws of Survival.’ It runs thus, ‘The weak are meat the strong do eat.’ ” ... Henry grinned in the dark & cleared his throat. “The second law of survival states that there is no second law. Eat or be eaten. That’s it.”

“Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus it is, trees eat themselves.”

“How could I know a famished heart will eat its mind? Can kill its body?”

“War's never a picnic. Although obviously soldiers do end up eating outdoors quite a lot.”

“Go to hell, Willy, our souls eat poetry, but one has seven deadly sins to feed!”