“Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.”

“I know I'm smarter than an armadillo”

“There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.”

“Is God a man or a woman?
God could be an armadillo. I have no idea.”

“You need me as much as I need you. That makes us equal partners in my book.
Well, your book is just wrong.”

“They're not so bad. They just need some attention…. Like pets. Or my brother.”

“Without the beat in the background, Jazz basically sounds like an armadillo was let loose on the keyboard”

“To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar.”

“Lothaire is very much alive.”
“You swear?”
“Often. Though not as much as foul-mouthed Regin. I try not to in front of Bertil.” She petted the bat.
“I meant—will Lothaire live?”
“He will.”

“Young love is errant, but it needs to get around;
The time and practice make it strong and sound.
That bull you fear, you petted when it wasn't big;
What now you sleep beneath was once a twig.
That little stream, in gaining waters as it goes,
Grows stronger, till at last a river flows.”
Dum novus errat amor, vires sibi colligat usu: Si bene nutrieris, tempore firmus erit. Quem taurum metuis, vitulum mulcere solebas: Sub qua nunc recubas arbore, virga fuit: Nascitur exiguus, sed opes adquirit eundo, Quaque venit, multas accipit amnis aquas.