“I didn't know the inner me was hungry," I said to Art. "That's because it already starved to death. ”

“Terry is sure that Ig has never even kissed another girl, let alone fucked one, and he has wished for a while now that Iggy had more experience. Not because Terry didn't want his brother to be with Merrin, but because...well, because. Because love requires context. Because first relationships are by their very nature immature. So Merrin wanted them both to have a chance to grow up. So what?”

“If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all.”

“I liked AC/DC," Lee said. "If you were going to shoot someone, you'd really want to do it while you were listening to them.""What about the Beatles? Did you feel like shooting anyone listening to them?"Lee considered seriously for a moment, then said, "Myself."At the same time he was laughing, Ig was distressed. Not liking the Beatles was almost as bad as not knowing about them at all.”

“-one teebs? You mean tablespoon?""I don't know.”

“Prison didn't frighten him especially. He had a lot of fans in there.”

“I want you to remember what was good in me, not what was most awful. The people you love should be allowed to keep their worst to themselves.”