How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
If there actually was an innocent goblin, Holly Short had yet to meet him. They were clogging up the cells now, howling gang chants and hurling fireballs at each other. (3.9)
The word "clogging" makes it seem like goblins only really have one use, and that's filling up jail cells and using police resources to watch them. And apparently this happens just because they're goblins.
Quote #2
Mulch started, contraband dropping from his sleeve.
"Officer Short," he whined, his face a mask of regret. "I can't help myself. It's my nature." (3.18-19)
Considering the later appearances of Mulch with brazen confidence in the face of authority, this sad image of Mulch stands out. Why claim that dwarfs are basically born kleptomaniacs?
Quote #3
[…] if there was one race the People felt an affinity for it was the Irish. Perhaps it was their eccentricity, their dedication to the craic, as they called it. And if the People were actually related to humans, as another theory had it, odds are that the Emerald Isle was where it started. (4.48)
"Craic" is a real Irish word that means something like news, gossip, or fun, so essentially the People like the Irish because they can party. Which is both a generalization about Irish people and odd since we don't see much fairy fun in this book.