So I am death" Charlie said then turned to his daughter while buttering his toast. "This is death toast sweety.

[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A collective gasp rose from the crew as the fourteen-pound, self-basting, fresh-frozen projectile of wholesome savory goodness plowed into the soap bottles like a freight train into a chorus line of drunken grandmothers.

If they'd been dogs, they would have all been in the yard eating grass and trying to yak up whatever was making them feel so lousy. Not a bone gnawed, not a ball chased-all tails went unwagged. Oh, life is a fast cat, a short leash, a flea in that place where you just can't scratch.

I think I'm what they call a never-was.

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

Sweetheart, wake up; you've destroyed the house and I need you to suffer for it.

The value of the work we do is the value we give to it.