“We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them courage by frightening them.”

“We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

“The previous Madison Spencer would bother to hold their frightened hand, to calm and comfort them. Who I am now, however, I tell them to cry me a stinking shit river and fall down dead, already.”

“We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them.”

“A male chauvinist pig isn't born, he's made, and more and more of them are being made by women.”

“Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.”

“We all have this moment, when your folks first see you as someone not growing up to be them.”