When Uncle Jake Became a snake He never found it out; And so as no one mentions it One sees him still about. - Mervyn Peake

Art should be artless, not heartless.

It was not possible for him to visit his library as often as he wished, for the calls made upon him by the endless ceremonials which were his exacting duty to perform robbed him for many hours each day of his only pleasure—books.

You have a rough manner," said Titus. "But you have saved me twice. Why are you helping me?"
"I have no idea," said Muzzlehatch. "There must be something wrong with my brain.