“Sarah: That's not fair!Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?”

“Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language.”

“What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender.”

“A newt?" "I got better.”

“Short or long to Goblin City?The straight way's shortBut the long way's pretty...”

“You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.”

“People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.”