“I cannot understand the reasoning of children. She said that she is glad that she has not got to say ‘Heil Hitler’ any more, because the Führer wears a moustache.”
Source: Pied Piper
“The corporal said, “Place called Brest. Not the kind of name I’d like to call a town, myself, but that’s the way these Froggies are. Officer said to go there if we got cut off, and we’d get the lorry shipped back home from there.”
Source: Pied Piper
“Merlyn, […] was a staunch conservative – which was rather progressive of him, when you reflect that he was living backwards”
Source: The Book of Merlyn
“What confounds this dilemma further is that individual animals within a species have varying cognitive abilities. To quote the Yosemite National Park ranger who, when asked why it was proving so hard to make a garbage bin that bears couldn’t break into, said, “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.”
Source: How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
“I hurled a handful of almonds at him”
Source: Funny Story
“Even when she looked scared, like now, I knew she had a lot of guts.
"I just wish the quest was logical," she complained.”
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Sir Brian had a battleaxe with great big knobs on. He went among the villagers and blipped them on the head.”
Source: The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
“That's a burrito. Fill it, deep fry it, melt cheese on it, it's an enchilada. A tortilla that's been filled is a taco and a burrito that you fill yourself is a fajita.'
'So what's a tostada?'
'We'll get to that. Don't run before you can walk.”
Source: One Day
“Pe observator, Yanosh, îl găsi afară, molfăind o portocală. Era o scândură de om cu chip ravisant, cu umerii ascuțiți și răbdarea mai puternică decât brațele (...)”
Source: Busola către Nova Scotia
“- Cu ce mai vrei să te lămuresc?
- Cine-a fost ăla de mai devreme?
- Mayn, răsuflă blondul ușurat. Ar trebui să fie secundul, dar e doar degeaba.
- Și William ar trebui să fie țintașul, dar e doar beat?
Yanosh miji.
- Văd că te prinzi repede.”
Source: Busola către Nova Scotia