“Cats do not enjoy being reminded of debts.Cats don not incur in debts.”

“Cats talk to whomever they please.”

“Many will rant and rave against the garment fate has woven for them, but they pick it up and don it all the same, and most wear it to the end of their days. You... you would rather go naked into the storm.”

“Leave off sniffing the carcass of your old life-do you enjoy unending pain? There is no shame in walking away from bones. Nor is there any special wisdom in injuring oneself over and over. What is your loyalty to that pain? To abandon it will not lessen you.”

“Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words.”

“That no man can truly imagine being happy and that's why happiness isn't for sale here.”

“I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.”