Let’s just say, there’s not much of a moon out tonight, ” Nose continued anyway, “but if Yale joined us, there would be.

Marcus looked down. “Ah, man! This was my favorite shirt. Who tore it?” he asked, trying to pull the ragged edges together.

...but I’d learned a long time ago that the worse things are, the more people lie about them.

My dad was nothing but a bingo call.

You know, ” he said, “P.S.S. Piss Camp.” “Yeah, I get it, ” I said, “It’s just not funny.

We see them most when we are o nnthe outside looking in

I know by now, only too well, that you can never get away from yourself because you never go away.

Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'

a man is very revealed by his wife, just as a woman is revealed by her husband. People never marry beneath or above themselves, I assure you.

While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.

See the job, do the job, stay out of the misery.

I joined church by myself in a borrowed suit at 13. I had my neighbor's bible. So my walk and my faith have always been very real.

Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.