"Always question the unusual, but be particularly skeptical of the apparent. Your opponent, if he or she is witty, will capitalize on the obvious to ensnare you.  Don't fall for it." 

"If you want something bad enough, you'll fight with all you've got to get it." 

"He does stuff like that....You ought to come back to Twistyard with us.  It's more fun being a Coosing now that Dod's around..." 

 "You can't tell a soul....I was--uh--someplace I shouldn't have been, and I may have heard--"

"Oh tick-blood!" 

"He's tilted his glossy eyes at the pile of droppings and missed the whole team of mules pulling the cart." 

"You've lost your freshy-mind, fool!  Now we're both out of the game!" 

 "I'm surprised to see you all made it back in one piece."

"You're psychic! I knew it!"

"You better hurry, Dod.  You've got to sign in or Mr. Clair won't let you duel--and you're up first in the level-five ring." 

"I guess that's what you get for sleeping in.  You're a link left out of the chain." 

"Please, son, try to be good tomorrow." 

"You putrid, loathing, degenerate snake!" 

“Come on, guys. You all did your best today. Don’t judge a player by one bad game.”

"I almost didn't recognize you with a shirt on." 

 "Justice needs to be served, and I'm more than ready to dish it out!"

"No worries, honey.  I can keep up with you if you help me." 

 "Don't forget, you're not alive until you're really living."

"Fourteen? You're hardly weaned. Where's your mother? I should expect she is worried stiff that you've escaped your crib....Perhaps you've lost your way..."

"He's old enough to know what he wants, rich enough to buy what he wants, and powerful enough to win whomever he wants. He's got the tri-trumpous!"