Yeah, but they're PURPLE pants," Bobby said as if that made some kind of distinction. "Hence, I'm awesome.

Sometimes it seems to me that that’s all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.

My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes.

At that moment I didn't particularly care if a band of raging marauders tried to do her in,but if there were frequent attacks on her "castle," I thought I should know.

In case you haven't noticed, I'm a lover not a fighter.

I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.

Sometimes the best course in the search for the meaning of life is to busy yourself until you forget that you don't know the meaning of life