“If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up.”

“Technically you would only need one time traveler convention.”

“It ain't that you get religion. Religion gets you and then milks you dry. Won't let you drink a little whiskey. Won't let you make no fat-assed girls grin and giggle. Won't let you do a damn thing except work for what you'll get in the hearafter. I live in the here and now.”

“Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which all her love had turned to grief.”

“Life is full of risks. But if you try to build a fence around all your fears, you'll shut out joy too.”

“Prince or commoner, tenor or bass,Painter or plumber or never-do-well,Do me a favor and shut your face -Poets alone should kiss and tell.”

“He just hijacks me. I love him. And I won't be able to give anyone a real chance until that's over.”