“If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long.”
“Young man,' Porbus said, seeing Poussin stare open-mouthed at a picture, 'Don't look at the canvas too long, it will drive you to despair.”
“Stare at the dark too long and you will eventually see what isn’t there.”
“You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it without flinching. They want to be told stuff. And they don't want to doubt you either. It's too hard.”
“You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one -Henrietta Barett”
“But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.”