“Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.”
“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”
“Rain makes applesauce. Oh, you're just talking silly talk!”
“It's easier to lie to yourself when you say things out loud.”
“What I can't understand is why the silly things you say makes so much sense.""I'll tell you why," said Papa Dima. "It's because the best idea is the idea you least expect. And the unexpected always seems silly at first.”
“That doesn't sound like civil war to me," said Gaylen, turning back to his book with a smile. "It only sounds silly.""Of course it's silly," said the Prime Minister impatiently. "But a lot of serious things start silly.”