“I like it.”

“The cage has gotten bigger, and we can expect bigger beasts from it.”

“Even the greatest stories can be summed up in a few paragraphs. What makes them so much longer, is all the time spent editing.”

“So...like, you're lyin' on the battlefield with an arrow for a decoration, and everybody homes in on it like a beacon and they start pryin' it out WHILE you're conscious, and you're thinkin' "Ahh! Don't trouble yourselves, just leave it in there for goodness' sake! I got it first, it's mine! Don't touch it! I can use it to hang stuff on and--aahh!" And then when you finally faint from all the pain, they shake you and shout your name and try to wake you up, and you're thinkin' "Heeeeeeell no, I ain't comin' back to that! Why d'you think I fainted in the first place?!" Then they get all frantic-like and such and start hollerin' "Don't die on me, man!" and you're thinkin' "The only one gonna die here is you if you don't quit shaking me!”

“I glared daggers at him, but they just bounced off him like water on a freshly waxed car.”

“Mr. Wiggles seemstaken with you.”“It tried to urinate on me the other day. I prefer notto be ‘taken’ by something like that.”

“Marietta is good for you, Gabriel. I quite like her. Don't be a fool and let her go.""I can do nothing but let her go, John. Sometimes love can only be given by setting someone free.”