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

“Too much truth in the hands of a liar is more dangerous than a world of lies told to the truthful. When people like The Dread are mostly honest, they’re more deadly.”

"We mostly think about tragedy in terms of what has happened, not what could have happened." 

"You're not the only one that thinks the Camerons ought to be taught a royal lesson." 

 "Then good!  Their anger will serve me well!"

"Whoa, Zippod! Cool down." 

"Why be mad when you can choose to be happy?" 

"It's a great day to jilt the boockards out of Raul." 

 "Don't worry, they're up to real action."

"I don't know. It's a massive ball of trouble--its legs flailing, its razor-sharp claws slicing....I know this for sure--it's not meant to be here in Green."

"I'd rather dig ditches at Twistyard than be eating maggot puke here in Driaxom." 

"Oh, it shouldn't be that hard.  There's always something for getting something else." 

"It doesn't matter what ya want.  Yer gonna have to take 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." 

"Con won't mind.  If he's not here yet, we better eat while we still have a chance--that boy's as big as a barge. I'd pull a frog out my nose if he eats anything less than half-a-cow per day." 

"My goodness, son!  The word's not Dossum!" 

"Ludicrous!  Stand back....You're telling me he's a threat?" 

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

"Less tads, less swappers....We're down to forty-six, and only three of them are aided by swappers. It's tragic. I suppose we may live to see the day when they'll all be a thing of the past."

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