I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.

I guess we’ll be traveling in uncharted waters.” “That’ll be fun,” Phil said.

Having an aura of menace is like having a pet weasel, because you rarely meet someone who has one, and when you do, it makes you want to hide under the coffee table.

One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.

What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. You can wash it, and wash it, and still never forget what has transpired - a word which here means 'happened, and made everybody sad'.