“I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted.”

“I've always been partial to the image of liquor as lubrication, a layer of protection from all the sharp thoughts in your head.”

“You know how, in court, they talk about the CSI effect? Like, everyone on the jury has watched so much CSI that they believe science can prove anything?""Yeah.""Well, I think there's an Evil Husband effect. Everyone has seen too many true-crime shows where the husband is always, always the killer, so people automatically assume the husband's the bad guy.”

“I've had the blues for twenty-four years.”

“No one I've loved has ever not had an agenda.”

“People want to believe they know other people. Parents want to believe they know their kids. Wives want to believe they know their husbands.”

“I don't have anything else to add. I just wanted to make sure I had the last word. I think I've earned that.”