“While the cat’s away, you may find the rats getting damned uppity.”

“No damned thing from the vasty deeps is going to get the better of me in my own home.”

“There’s nothing like a major emergency and the almost certain death of the whole damned world to concentrate the mind wonderfully.”

“It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it doesn't care if you habitually pass by on the other side. It's just there for when you need it. Dedicated to the patron saint of lost causes, St. Jude's is an old old place... St. Jude's isn't a place for comfort for frills and fancies and the trappings of religion. just a place where you can talk to your god and sometimes get an answer.”

“I’m exempt from anything I damned will feel like on the grounds that I’ll kick anyone’s ass who says otherwise.”

“Never get attached to possessions…. They’re just things and you can always get more things.”

“Are you sure this is a good idea?' whispered the unicorn.'No,' said Rupert. 'But it's our best chance to find a dragon.''Frankly, that doesn't strike me as such a hot idea either,' muttered the unicorn.”