“Don't you think you would attract attention?' said the Medical Man. 'Our ancestors had no great tolerance for anachronisms.”

“Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night.”

“Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.”

“It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.”

“Don't look back and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.”

“The house is made up of the spirits of our ancestors. Did you think they would lie idly by while we were under attack?"'Cuz, yeah, didn't everybody's ancestors rise up and destroy enemies.”

“You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?""Only a man would think of that.It's our job," said Moist. "If you don't think of fifty-foot-high killer golems first, someone else will.”