“Tip: To avoid bruising the basil, Mama tore the leaves into pieces with her fingers. Chopping is fine, but you won't have basil-scented fingers.”

“Nothing, Basil. I’ll see you in a few,”Fine, and it’s Lord Basil.”Even in the bedroom?”Especially in the bedroom.”

“Should've known when I met her mama. The big, fat acorn didn't fall too far from the big, fat tree.”

“Even a desert hare will take a finger off the dumbass that tries to pet it. If the desert can make a bunny that angry, imagine what it does to the people.”

“I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.”

“There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.”

“He once called her his basil plant; and when she asked for an explanation, said that basil was a plant which had flourished wonderfully on a murdered man's brains.”