Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.

Why do I get the feeling that if you give me a hard time, I'll tell all of our year-mates your family nickname is Meathead?

Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry

You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.

You've been nipping at cook's wine!!

I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.