“The moral of this story is not everything that's slick is non-stick, and not everything non-stick is slick.”
“There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.”
“Our mouths and bodies speak for us in a new language as the trees shake loose a rain of petals that stick to our slickness like skins we will wear forever. And just like that, I am changed.”
“Sam Spade is as gray as the economic skies over America and moves through the story as cool and slick as a Teflon cat.”
“And remember, it's always her fault. That's your story and you're sticking to it.”
“Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.”Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?”