It really is better to be lucky than to be good.

I nodded with genuine synthetic sympathy.

Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did.

I was filled with dread at the thought my mind had skipped town and left me behind to pay the rent." --Dexter

Saturday morning was their unrestricted television time, and they usually took advantage of it to watch a series of cartoon shows that would certainly have been impossible before the discovery of LSD.

It’s an odd term, 'girlfriend,' particularly for grown persons. And in practice it provides an even odder concept. Generally speaking, in adults it described a woman, not a girl, who was willing to provide sex, not friendship. In fact, from what I had observed it was quite possible for one to actively dislike one’s girlfriend, although of course true hatred is reserved for marriage.

Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.