You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.

It is time for me to be dead for a little while - and then live again.

The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain.

A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers - joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen.

Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of us. And I sure miss the polar bears. Their babies are so warm and cuddly and trusting, just like ours.

I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say.