“A portrait is a picture with something wrong with the mouth”

“An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.”

“The weapons are held to the head of all the world, and the world behaves. No one has an advantage; no one can win.”

“Not only is [a mother] entrusted with the guardianship of the intellect and character of the world's statesmen and philosophers, but her gentle presence, as she bends over the cradle, and the silent influence of her daily life are shaping the entire moral character of the coming generation.”

“By Duraden, I have trolls dancing in my head this morning!' Stubble grumbled, screwing his eyes into a squint at the bright morning light.”

“I think this goat must have been fed on old boots,' Stubble complained as he chewed the last scraps of flesh from the bones littering his stew.”

“Has Solan addled your brain?”