Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.

Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've ever been there, you know the signs don't tell you the exit you're coming up to, they only point out the exits you've just missed.

The nation was tearing itself apart over pro-life and pro-choice but completely ignored the problems of the kids who were already here. I mean, no schools, no work, no clue if they'd even have a future. They just went nuts!

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat

Hey," says Hayden, "I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate." "Get lost," Roland tells him. "Already am." And Hayden strolls away.

It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to be alone without being lonely.