One of the peculiar children's perspective out of time allows him to take minute interest in every resident of the town and to chronicle everything we did for the entire day he lives over and over.

It's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.

No one here is embarrassed of their gift.

Have they built cities on the moon?" another boy asked hopefully."We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but thats about it.

Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.

It seemed like my parents were always trying to get me to care about money, but I didn’t, really. Then again, it's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

As if one's capacity for pain had anything to do with life's apportionment of agonies, Mr. Kimmelbrod thought. Such idiocy.

If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires.

The most difficult thing a failure can do is accept his identity or status

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

The truth is that America has been closely divided politically for quite some time. That was reflected in some of the challenges I had with the Republican Congress.

Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life.

I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.

I believe I have had the most trouble with a portrait which I painted in installments - the head on one canvas and the bust on another.