When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

Oh, God above, if heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovelier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden tea?

I am for who i was in the beginning but now is present and i exist in the future.

You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging.

There’s no use saying anything in the schoolyard because there’s always someone with an answer and there’s nothing you can do but punch them in the nose and if you were to punch everyone who has an answer you’d be punching morning noon and night.

I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.