Ratty

“...and his face, triangular and ferret-like, was dominated by huge round eyes that had a kind of deranged luminosity...”
― John Jakes, Tonight We Steal the Stars / The Wagered World

“The trial became, predictably, complex; the computer-run court had nothing in its circuits to allow for the trial of five newborn infants for assault and battery, interference with officials in the performance of their duties, foul and opprobrious language, or several other things, singly or all in a lump.”
― Laurence M. Janifer , S.J. Treibich

“Truly, she thought, there was beauty in this fantastically retarded world...”
― Andre; Merwin Norton, Three Faces of Time / The Stars Are Ours!

“And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.”
― C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet