“When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back..”

“Her hair is ridiculous," I said."I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.”

“If you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true.”

“I just think if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I-”

“You can say a lot of bad things about Alabama, but you can't say that Alabamans as a people are duly afraid of deep fryers.”

“You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.”

“I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.”