“You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you’d run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!”

“Death is not defeat, Tool told himself. We all die. Every one of us. Rip and Blade and Fear and all the rest. We all die. So what if you are the last? You were designed to be destroyed.”

“They all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett Even I. Because the lives of the wicked should be made briefFor the rest of us death would be relief.”

“You run risks. That's the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny's whims.”

“Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death.”

“A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire.""With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep."No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.”