“Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple.”

“Together, the two began the kind of conversation that flows seamlessly, unstoppably, each fork begetting another branch of common interest, a conversation that continues until this day.”

“Faith is an admirable trait. It's good to have faith in another person. But when faith is used as a substitute for reality, then it becomes a crutch for refusing to deal with that reality.”

“Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“Kindness is no common virtue. It is a rare gift.”

“I kiss her and she finds the light switch and turns it off, and we're just lit in Pepsi-can colors and it's like we've finally found this other kind of conversation, this conversation in gestures and pulls and pushes and breaths and grasps and teases and glimmers and rubs and expectation.”