“The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying”

“My demon's a girl? Gideon said, astonished.”

“Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'.”

“I always say that a girl never really looks as well as she does on board a steamship, or even a yacht.”

“Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.”

“It would be like this when you were really old-a city full of imaginary houses and women, rooms and girls.”

“If I need you I'll give you a signal.'
'What signal?'
'I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl”

“People are afraid of you, Arty. Girls are terrified of you. You’re a fifteen-year-old in a bespoke suit, and nobody died.”

“Why were the little girls all frightened
To be just what they are
The boys were told to ask themselves
How high how far
The girls were told to reach the shelves
While the boys were reaching stars
That's why little girls were frightened
To be just what they are.”

“A lovers' spat," he said. "You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.”