Do we still have to floss?" Tommy asked. "I mean, what's the point of being immortal if we have to floss?

Most of us don't live our lives with one, integrated self that meets the world, we're a whole bunch of selves.

Stephenie Meyer: Her vampires are sparkly, which I think we can all agree is wrong.

We know there's going to be nothing but pain, but we go back again and again.

We really have to get going," Sam said. "Can we leave the car here and pick it up later?" The monk said, "Does a dog have a Buddha nature?" Does a fish have a watertight asshole?" said Coyote.

It turns out that one can perpetrate all manner of heinous villainy under a cloak of courtesy and good cheer. . .a man will forfeit all sensible self-interest if he finds you affable enough to share your company over a flagon of ale.

It was sometimes difficult to reconcile a man's talents with his personality.