“What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it?”

“Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.”

“the whole point of the wish business was to see to it that what the client got was exactly what he asked for and exactly what he didn't really want.”

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?”

“…We were born vampires.""I thought you became –""— vampires by being bitten? Dear me, no. Oh, we can turn people into vampires, it’s an easy technique, but what would be the point? When you eat… now what is it you eat? Oh yes, chocolate… you don’t want to turn it into another Agnes Nitt, do you? Less chocolate to go around."He sighed. "Oh dear, superstition, superstition everywhere we turn.”

“She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need.”

“He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity. ”