“When in doubt keep reading. A book will never die on you”
“Roll call. (We have to start every day with this just to check nobody has run away or died in their beds.)”
“So, Milton,” he said, “welcome to paradise lost.”
“(I can't believe this beautiful woman who looks like a forest fairy could have married Sparerib.) Boggs rates her breasts as incredible. I must admit they are impressive.”
“Mad Dog hasn’t spent much time in the dormitory and seems to do a lot of hunting.”
“school). He has a very posh English accent and strides around with a walking stick, swearing like a maniac.”
“When I leave school I will drive around looking for prostitutes like Julia.”
“I thought about my friend and wondered if his ghost was here with Macarthur. Or maybe they were in heaven somewhere watching me sing with Gecko telling the old man he was getting goosebumps.”
“That’s how relationships work – when one person is blind, the other must see for them. When one person struggles, the other must remain strong.”
“Let’s show Dr. God what hell feels like.”
“I once read in my physics book that the universe begs to be observed, that energy travels and transfers when people pay attention. Maybe that's what love really boils down to--having someone who cares enough to pay attention so that you're encouraged to travel and transfer, to make your potential energy spark into kinetic energy.”
“Here’s what I tell the newly elected: the truth is gonna get out—it always does—but it’s gonna blend in with all the lies.” The Senator twirled a hand in the air. “You have to deny each lie and every truth with the same vinegar. Let those websites and blowhards who bitch about cover-ups confuse the public for you.”
“Firstly, bears are always hungry. So when you encounter the bear, don’t act like food.”
“Huh?”
“I read it in a book last summer, called—”
G held up a hand. “Don’t tell me the name! No time.”
“Right. As I was saying, bears are always hungry. Try not to act like food.”
“How does one act like food?”
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