Archer's Goon Quotes

“This book will prove the following ten facts:
1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there.
2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch.
3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity.
4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight.
5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast.
6. An Englishman's home is his castle.
7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
8. One black eye deserves another.
9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm.
10. It pays to increase your word power.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon

“Learn to drive?"
"Never," said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon

“All power corrupts, but we need electricity.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon

“I like you, too!" she blubbered at the top of her voice. "I do, I do. You're a lovely Goon. You're my favourite Goon in all the world!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon

“Somewhere in the lane after that they came level with a small door next to a fried chicken shop. There was a small red-lit sign over this door.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon: A Riveting Science Fiction Novel About Family, Wizards, and Freedom – for Children

“You don’t give hired assassins supper, do you?” Quentin smiled. “No, but when a wolf follows your sleigh, you give it meat,” he”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon: A Riveting Science Fiction Novel About Family, Wizards, and Freedom – for Children