“He looked in disgust at the piles of sandbags surrounding peter the great's statue. He wanted to tear them off and let the "bronze horseman" ride again, to have him point the way and lead his countrymen out of the hopelessness and siege they found themselves in. They needed peter's will of iron more than anything.”

“My love is like a shadow, forever following you. There behind youAround you,I always surround you. Look for me when winter dances with your heart,And steal your warmthBecause its what you most needTo visit the place where the ice stops you. Do not fear the fall. You'll find me there, but do not call my nameIs written everywhere. I'm always there,A baby's breath away,The sun of may...There, behind you.”

“[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.”

“Where is my chance to be somebody's Peter Van Houten?' He hit the steering wheel weakly, the car honking as he cried. He leaned his head back, looking up. 'I hate myself I hate myself I hate this I hate this I disgust myself I hate it I hate it I hate it just let me fucking die.”

“At 30-below, mushers will begin to put fleece jackets on their more sensitive dogs. Males are affixed with pile jockstraps, "peter heaters," to guard against frostbite.”

“Are you out of your princely wits?"What's he? Let me have his beard sawed off and his eyebrows filed more civil!”

“What a woman should know-When to just let him zone out on video games, his computer, or phone.-When to let him control the day or situation.-When to just shut up and kiss him.”