You're a big one,[...] a tall drink of water, but I got to tell you, you don't look too bright. I got a son, stupid as a man who bought his stupid at a two-for-one sale, and you remind me of him.

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

Freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.

I thought about moving south, about continuing to run, continuing to pretend I was alive. But it was, I knew now, much too late for that. There are doors, after all, between the living and the dead, and they swing in both directions.

A life that is, like any other, unlike any other.