He became fubar in the classic way, which is to say that he was the victim of a temporary arrangement that became permanent.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

The most difficult thing is letting go of something you believed you were born to do, but there is always other options.

All the roads of the haughty man lead to arrogance!

Hello, Gallagher Girl --Zack

The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.

Esteem never makes ingrates.

My feelings for you shame me into silence.

I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We've Been Told.

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

Maybe it was my revenge on people who had been unkind to me as a child. But it was very easy and a thrill to freeze up children.