When Geoffrey was away, the goat often took himself off. He had soon got the goats at Granny's cottage doing his bidding, and Nanny Ogg said once that she had seen what she called —that devil goat' sitting in the middle of a circle of feral goats up in the hills. She named him "The Mince of Darkness' because of his small and twinkling hooves, and added, "Not that I don't like him, stinky as he is. I've always been one for the horns, as you might say. Goats is clever. Sheep ain't. No offence, my dear.

There's a saying in Hardorn,— she continued. ——You shouldn't attempt to teach a goat to sing. It will waste your time, hurt your ears, and annoy the goat.' I can say without fear of contradiction that the goat is getting annoyed.

When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone,and the meaning has to go find an author again.- The Trouble With Reading