And you’re beautiful. You’d have to work pretty hard to mess that up.

Dad" I pleaded, "this is so [cuss word you never, ever say in front of your mother] ridiculous.

Let's go, " I said."Go where?""On Lori's date with Parker."Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading."I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type.

Her dad turned to me. "You. Follow Me.""Woof, " I said.

Stay away from her.""Okay.""Keep your hands off her.""I'll try."He scowled at me."I will, " I said.

Son, " he said, "you monkeyed up.

Better you than Cameron " McGillicuddy grumbled. "I know where Cameron's been." Sean snorted. Cameron said "I already told you I did NOT come on to Lori.

Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask"Who's driving the boat?" Over the motor I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.

Taking his hand I said "Fank woo.""Hm " he laughed with his mouth closed.

He grinned at me and whispered, “I’m going to kiss you now. It’ll be a big one, so don’t hit me.

This was about to go very bad, because Adam was going to cry. “I miss you, ” he said, and his voice broke.

You have to be strong enough to stand up for what you believe, even if you are standing alone.

I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie.

The Republican party does have a lot of work to do. But changing our principles is not a winning strategy. We need to modernize, not moderate.

I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.

Of course, mothers were very conventional, everything was very conventional. You had to have approval.

If you can feed your family, give them an education, then you are a success.

From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up.

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see.

Of course quality is important but is it not the quality of an individual's originality that is most important?