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.

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

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.

There are a lot of truths in this world. When it rains it pours. It's always darkest before the dawn. He who smelt it dealt it.

Lies were like acid, corrosive: They could dissolve trust in a heartbeat.

Home is where the heart is or where you bury the ones you want to eat later.