... they could busy themselves greasing the mill machinery to preserve it from muddy water and any consequent rusting, use the barrels of de gras on hand for lubricating hemp. The mill would stink like a sheepfold, but nothing was more water-resistant than a thick layer of wool fat.

Yet from a different perspective, it describes the process of producing this very code; in other words, it is because object- and meta-language interrelate that makes a quine difficult; in less reflective programs, where means and ends are more separate, this difficulty is not so obvious.

The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!

For quotations using this term, see Citations:saddleback.