Modern houses are so small we've had to train our dog to wag its tail up and down and not sideways.

While you're talking behind my back, feel free to bend down and kiss my ass.

If I can't understand something, then it's probably nonsense.

No matter how old you become, I'll always hold your hand tenderly. just like how I held it on the day that you were born. I love you, son.

He'd always had a quickening of the heart when he crossed into Arizona and beheld the cactus country. This was as the desert should be, this was the desert of the picture books, with the land unrolled to the farthest distant horizon hills, with saguaro standing sentinel in their strange chessboard pattern, towering supinely above the fans of ocotillo and brushy mesquite.

Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.

Be careful who you share your weakness with. Some people can't wait for the opportunity to use them against you.