“I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off.”

“Neutrality may be useful, but it's useful like eunuchs are useful. Once you cut off their balls they grow big and strong, but you can never be sure if they will serve the harem or the master.”

“Men don't know when to stop, she's told me over and over. Youhave to cut them off or they'll eat 'til their bellies ache—just like ababy or Mr. Davis's dog.I figure all this sweet, cutesy stuff works about the same asdessert—except if you don't cut them off from the cutesy stuffyou end up with a whole different kind of tummy ache. At any rate,I'm pretty sure Logan Kilgore doesn't know when to quit. Casein point, Barney Fife and the speeding ticket debacle.”

“I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.”

“I am not quite sure of being a man: I never found it very difficult. It seemed to me that you had only to let yourself alone.”

“A sheriff arrested me. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure my men-in-uniform fetish began that day. The sheriff was hot. And he handcuffed me. I've never been the same.”