“No. It is impossible to maintain a smile in my brother's presence. Monks haven't the sort of patience required.”

“...I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what with their children roasted by witches, maidens poisoned by old crones, and whatnot.”

“Corrupt my brother, will you? I'll see you in hell first, sir.”

“Tell my brother to remember his heart in all things. That is where his honor and his destiny will be found. Tell him.”

“There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another...”

“And now if you'll excuse me, I should like to finish my book, alone, without the presence of a single ringleted girl to disrupt me. If you should come for me at dinner and find me in my chair, gone to the angels at last, you shall know that I died alone, which is to say in a state of utter bliss.”

“Memphis—it’s just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. It’s what they do. It’s not following you, and it’s not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange brother.”