“There are no compacts between Lions and Men: and Wolves and lambs have no concord.- Homer”

“There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through.”

“Though I understand the theology behind it, the image does not bring me peace; it makes me feel sorry for the lion. It strips him of his essence, the fundamental part of his being. A lion that does not behave as a lion i snot a lion. It isn't even the lion's opposite. It's a mockery of a lion.”

“If i'm going to survive, it won't be because i have a lion-skin cloak. I'm not Hercules.”

“I do not mean to mock or ridicule your life's work, for in one way at least it mimics my own: We have dedicated our lives to the pursuit of phantoms. The difference is the nature of those phantoms. Mine exist between other men's ears; yours live solely between your own.”

“Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall”

“His lion and hippo legs twitched. I wondered if netherworld monsters dreamed of chasing rabbits.”