“I want to die or be trapped on a deserted island with David Wolfenbaker. One or the other, but I've got to get out of homeroom.”

“She had a vision of the two of them trapped on a tiny raft surrounded by miles of open water. It would be a kind of test, like surviving on a desert island--but that's what a marriage was, wasn't it? They would have to help each other or die.”

“I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could have very well done without.”

“He tossed the deck to David. 'You get first deal.''I've got one hand.' 'Right, then. Deal those cards, Max, and let's have ourselves a game.”

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”

“If I were stranded on a desert island, and could have only one person and three things with me, I’d want Nietzsche, a pen, paper, and a stick-on mustache.”