Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.

As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie—the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble name—PIE.

Alice wondered if her mother was aware that she wasn’t the only one in town who’d come down with a bad case of Blueberry Fever.

I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.

True belief is movement toward God even in the midst of confusion or frustration or fear.

There are people who eat only organic food, and then there are people who don’t have tons of money to waste.

The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.

This is myself, baby. All of my selves. I own each and every one of them. I know who I'm pretending to be and who I am." The look he gives me is withering. "Do you?

Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.

A mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top.

We are an episode between two oblivions.