Memories - you can't escape them, but you can't let them rule you either.

I raised another shot. "That sound you hear is the heads of moral conservatives spontaneously exploding in the distance.

What're you still doing up? You know all good little ninjas should be in bed, visions of homicidal sugarplums dancing in their heads.

Most kids don't believe in fairy tales very long. Once they hit six or seven they put away "Cinderella" and her shoe fetish, "The Three Little Pigs" with their violation of building codes, "Miss Muffet" and her well‐shaped tuffet—all forgotten or discounted.And maybe that's the way it has to be. To survive in the world, you have to give up the fantasies, the make‐believe.

You're so very good at that. The temper, the scowl. You must drink shots of testosterone in your morning coffee.

We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.

When life gives you lemons. . . You might as well shove 'em where the sun don't shine, because you sure as hell aren't ever going to see any lemonade.