“I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.”

“I like people, kind of. I even like boys, mostly. But I was beginning to feel like that stewardess who smiles at you when you get off the plane. Behind the smile you know she really wishes she could trip someone.”

“Could you get off like that without it? Without the chains?"Without the absolute surrender. "No. And not without you. You more than any of it.”

“If you drive a car, I'll tax the street;if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat; if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.”

“What is life without death? That's like asking what is peanut butter without jelly? Or a baseball game on TV and changing the channel? Or government without taxes? Actually, I like those last two.”

“… not like any smile i had ever experienced before. but such a smile! you could burn a hole in the world with that smile”