We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.
"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.
Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.
Schooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.
That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you don't change it, it don't get changed.
The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.