“Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.”

“So who was she? (Vane)
Why do you assume it was a female? (Fang)
Didn’t know you were fond of men. I’ll file that under my special Fang folder. (Vane)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

“I'm such a clever Toad.”

Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows

“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”

Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary

“The toad beneath the harrow knows
Exactly where each tooth point goes;
The butterfly upon the road
Preaches contentment to that toad.”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

“He was indeed an altered Toad!”

Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows

“Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.”

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist

“Harriet Vane: If anybody does marry you it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Strong Poison

“Apparently you're not allowed to lick a toad's back.”

Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer

“The toad, without which no garden would be complete.”

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American writer