“If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.”

“If you don't run your own life, someone else will”

“The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!”

“Time was a thief, he stole your life away from you and the only way you could get it back was to outwit him and snatch it right back.”

“Julia's vocabulary was "chock-full" of strangely archaic words - "spiffing," "crumbs," "jeepers" - that seemed to have originated in some prewar girls' annual rather than in Julia's own life. For Jackson, words were functional, they helped you get to places and explain things. For Julia, they were freighted with inexplicable emotion.”

“Love was the hardest thing. Don't let anyone ever tell you different.”

“He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it—you can see it all over their faces.”