“When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.”

“Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me.Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.”

“I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.”

“I shall live forever and ever and ever ' he cried grandly. 'I shall find out thousands and thousands of things. I shall find out about people and creatures and everything that grows - like Dickon - and I shall never stop making Magic. I'm well I'm well”

“I couldn’t stop staring. “Sweetheart,” he said, “is my slip showing or something?”

“I'm walking through the cityLike a drunk, but notWith my slip showing a littleLike a drunk, but notAnd I am one of your peopleBut the cars don't stopAnd I am one of your peopleBut the cars don't stop”