Eightball: "You know, Friday isn't my real dad."
Venus Bluegenes: "I know, sweetheart. Now let's you and I go have words with those nasty men over there..." 2000 AD prog 939.
Eightball: "My mummy said that if we say our prayers every night, God will send me to Heaven. And Winnie and Eeyore and —" 2000 AD prog 950.
Eightball: "Lucky says I should be put down..." Ibid.
Eightball: "Poor kids... At least I have a mother..."
Lucky: "Lord, if it wasn't so tragic, it would be absurd..."
Top: "You talking about Eightball or the orphans?"
Lucky: "Both." 2000 AD prog 951.
Lucky: "Don't go wetting your nappy, Eightball..."
Gunnar: "Why d'you always pick on him? It's like bullying a child."
Lucky: "That's exactly what it is, Gunnar, you dweeb. But it's a sham. He's just using retentive fixations and mild lunacy to hide from reality. If you had slightly more charisma than a food mixer, you'd realise that. As it is, it's more fun talking to compost!" 2000 AD prog 966.