“Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough.
The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.”

“The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.”

“Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
"You mean," he said, "a crocodile."”

“There is no such thing as a bad kid, there is only ever unfulfilled needs that create the behaviors in a kid which we consider bad.”

“Each day was a bad day, but he survived by kidding himself that each day was somehow unconnected to the day before.”

“Yes, it's a great feeling to get a bouquet of roses for name day. But chocolate can be eaten.”

“Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?” cried the boy. “Of course,” said the crocodile out of the corner of his mouth. “That is the way of the world.”

“Roger: Uh no – that would be dangerous because they’re in my bedroom. People could get hurt. But no, I made shelves and it takes up a giant wall.”

“The pen worse than the sword.”
Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet.

“Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.”