Son, " he said, "you monkeyed up.

Dad" I pleaded, "this is so [cuss word you never, ever say in front of your mother] ridiculous.

And you’re beautiful. You’d have to work pretty hard to mess that up.

Let's go, " I said."Go where?""On Lori's date with Parker."Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading."I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type.

Her dad turned to me. "You. Follow Me.""Woof, " I said.

Stay away from her.""Okay.""Keep your hands off her.""I'll try."He scowled at me."I will, " I said.

Better you than Cameron " McGillicuddy grumbled. "I know where Cameron's been." Sean snorted. Cameron said "I already told you I did NOT come on to Lori.

Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask"Who's driving the boat?" Over the motor I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.

Taking his hand I said "Fank woo.""Hm " he laughed with his mouth closed.

He grinned at me and whispered, “I’m going to kiss you now. It’ll be a big one, so don’t hit me.

This was about to go very bad, because Adam was going to cry. “I miss you, ” he said, and his voice broke.

In the dead of night I stirred. Wakefulness flowed back into me. I was a cup full of sorrow, but that sorrow was stilled, like a pain that abates as long as one does not move.

The life of the creative man is led directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.

I a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.

A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.

Obama is the closest thing to a Latino that we have. Barack. Everybody wants to see his birth certificate too.

From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.

Aren’t you ever satisfied? I swear if I were mortal, I’d be limping from our last go-round. If not dead. We really need to find you a hobby other than jumping on top of me. (Acheron)