“A Set Back is only a Set Up for a Come Up!”

“Some ask; what drives me? I tell them it's that fire in my belly. My burning Ambition to succeed and the true belief that what's impossible today is very possible tomorrow. So don't let a moment pass you by. CARPE DIEM and keep your eyes on the prize.”

“Were they ready? Did the sun rise in the east and set in the fucking west?”

“Bright morning comes; the bloody-fingered dawn with zealous light sets seas of air ablaze and bends to earth another false beginning. My eyes open like cornflowers, stick, crusted with their own stale dew, then take that light.”

“Now, quite apart from the fact that, from the point of view of the Earther, socialism suffers the devastating liability of only exhibiting internal contradictions when you are trying to use it as an adjunct to your own stupidity (unlike capitalism, which again, from the point of view of the Earther, happily has them built in from the start), it is the case that because Free Enterprise got there first and set up the house rules, it will always stay at least one kick ahead of its rivals.”

“Finn said he’s only coming back to be a subversive influence within the school. I had no idea what he meant by that, but I had to admit . . . it made me a little nervous. It’s never wise to underestimate Finn. He’s not the most morally centered person in the world.”

“When I wake up, I'm going to kick your ass.”