The universe is not like a puzzle-box that you can take apart and put back together again and so solve its secrets. It is a shifting uncertain thing which changes as you consider it, which is changed by the very act of observation. A powerful man is not a man who dissects the universe like a puzzle-box, examining it piece by piece and measuring each piece with scientific precision. A powerful man has only to look upon the universe to change it.
— Technomagos Gaelos, Warhammer 40,000
Fry: (narrating his writing) "Leela cried for her lost love as Fry lay dead under the heavy bookcase. The Big Brain laughed in triumph. Hah-Hah-Hah! Then, for no reason, he left Earth forever. The End." There! Now he's trapped in a book I wrote: A crummy world of plot holes and spelling errors.
Big Brain: (flying randomly) THE BIG BRAIN AM WINNING AGAIN! I AM THE GREETEST! MUA-HAH-HAH! NOW I AM LEAVING EARTH FOR NO RAISIN! (exits out the window)
— Futurama, "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid"
Cosmo: So [Tom Sawyer] gets into a physics book? What's the worst thing that could happen?
Timmy: Cosmo, don't you understand?! He could turn gravity into gravy! He could turn the planets into plants!
Wanda: He could turn Uranus into...Oh my gosh! We gotta stop him!
Timmy: Cosmo, don't you understand?! He could turn gravity into gravy! He could turn the planets into plants!
Wanda: He could turn Uranus into...Oh my gosh! We gotta stop him!
—The Fairly OddParents!, "Shelf Life"
Suddenly the crow appeared at the window, turned his wing to her, and said: "Pull out one of my feathers, and if you use it to write down a wish, the wish will come true." With a heavy heart she pulled a feather out. Before the noonday meal, she wrote down the names of the very finest dishes with the quill. The food appeared on the table in bowls that sparkled and glowed.
