“All measure, and all language, I should pass,Should I tell what a miracle she was.”

“I think we can all agree that the official language of the United States should be Latin.”

“I can't catch her by copying her, I can't draw her with a borrowed stencil. She is all the things a lover should be and quite a few a lover should not. Pin her down? She's not a butterfly. I'm not a wrestler. She's not a target. I'm not a gun. Tell you what she is? She's not Lot no. 27 and I'm not one to brag.”

“I tell Esther she should ease up on lard. There's no need to mix lard in with Scottie's rice, chicken, and beans. I tell her she hasn't read the blogs. I've read the blogs. I know what Scottie should eat.”

“It is best one should quote what one doesn't understand at all in the language one knows the least”

“One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.”