There’s no way to stand up gracefully when your pants are down around your ankles.

You tell me the dead are coming through a crack in my barn, but I shouldn’t worry?

I missed the good old days when phones were sturdy enough to be pounded for emphasis.

This was going to be worse than the time I table danced in the diner in high school!

Banks frown when employees torch the home of their principal account holder.

This house has enough nooks and crannies for English muffins.

Turns out there’s a reason smoking is not allowed on construction sites.

You pretty much have to take the job since you hit him with the car.

Maybe you’re worried that I won’t seduce you?

Elvis is in the kitchen and he’s making eggs Benedict!

I’ve worked with freshmen that were easier than this.

To those who, in spite of everything, still choose goodness.

Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar.

What you are looking for is what you are looking with.

I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

But why wasn't I born, alas, in an age of Adjectives; why can one no longer write of silver-shedding Tears and moon-tailed Peacocks, of eloquent Death, of the Negro and star-enameled Night?

With marriage, you've just got to stick it out. You can't jump off the boat at the first bump in the waves.

I'm just short for my weight. By rights I should measure eight foot three.

I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style.

I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.