Jul 1, 2013
Darktan had never talked much to the little white rat or the litle female who scurried around after him and drew pictures of the things he'd been thinking about. Darktan liked people who were practical. But now he thought: he's a trap-hunter! Just like me! He goes ahead of us and finds the dangerous ideas and thinks about them and traps them in words and makes them safe and shows us the way through.
Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, 179.