“All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people who should know better. Most of the time I just want to shake some sense into the world.”

“There is an ancient saying,' noted Ironflanks, 'originating, I believe, from you fastbloods. The truth will set you free.''No, old steamer,' said the commodore. 'In my experience, the truth will get you sent to the bottom of the ocean with an anchor chain wrapped around your legs to buy your silence. But it's the truth I need, all the same.”

“When the kingdom's people had stopped believing in the druids' deities they had not begun believing in nothing, they had begun believing in anything.”

“There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense.”

“The bonds of friendship dwindle with age, Oliver. But a little blackmail lasts forever.”

“Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”

“If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space.”