“My outfit said style but casual. They say clothes make a statement. Hey, mine made a whole conversation. ”

“The effect of untrue statements on casual conversations is one of my great loves, my great ongoing investigations.”

“In all, his outfit required nearly two thousand man-years of research and development, eight barrels of oil, and sixteen patent and trademark infringement lawsuits. All so he could possess casual style. A style that, in logistical requirements, was comparable to fielding a nineteenth-century military brigade.But he looked good. Casual.”

“I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray.”

“He winks at me.Then, before Calliope can cheer my statement, or tell him to go, he says, "Lily has no sense of fashion.""Hey," I cry. "You're supposed to say something nice.”

“I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.”