Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel.

Numbersign questionmark you" and "Asterisk exclamation point the world.

The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,” you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls, but what I mean is that I don’t think about them, because of the way you are.

Hal is on his way." The nurse announced reentering the room.

-Most people would say that she's beautiful. -That's because she's been with most people.

When somebody is a little bit wrong - say, when a waited puts nonfat milk in your espresso macchiato, instead of lowfat milk - it is often quite easy to explain to them how and why they are wrong. But if somebody is surprisingly wrong - say, when a waiter bites your nose instead of taking your order - you can often be so surprised that you are unable to say anything at all. Paralyzed by how wrong the waiter is, your moth would hang slightly open and your eyes would blink over and over, but you would be unable to say a word.

Never look a gift lion in the mouth.