“You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever.”

“Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.”

“People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...”

“We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.”

“You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.”

“You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.”

“If you get down, all you need to do is act like you're feeling good, and next thing you know, you are.”