“This is a Tale about a tail — a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.”

“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.”

“Foaly twitched his tail contentedly. Genius. No point in being humble about it.”

“How, then, was the Devil dressed?
Oh! he was in his Sunday's best;
His coat was red, and his breeches were blue,
And there was a hole where his tail came through.”

“Off to bed. If squirrels take over in the night, I, for one, welcome our new bushy-tailed scampering overlords, & I know where the nuts are.”

“None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods.”

“Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.”

“Be thou comforted, little dog; thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.”

“I'm going to take you out of here… I'm going to take you home, to the world where you belong, where cats with bent tails live, and there are little backyards, and alarm clocks ring in the morning.”

“She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail”