“The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.”

“I once complained to my father that I didn’t seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad’s advice? "Margo, don’t be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.”

“heavily tattooed women can be said to control and subvert the ever-present 'male gaze' by forcing men (and women) to look at their bodies in a manner that exerts control.”

“How can you wish on a turkey wishbone with a man who is capable of correcting a love letter?”

“But heart's desires? My dear, I see by your misery - by this very request you are making - that you know more of true men's and women's hearts than once you did, than your mother's world permitted you to see. Such chipped and cracked and outright broken things they are, are they not? They have their illnesses too, and their impulses. And hearts are not always connected well to minds, and even if they are, minds are not always clear and commonsensical. A heart may desire a thing powerfully indeed, but that heart's desire might be what a person least needs, for her health, for her continuing happiness.”

“KIRBY: A man can't give up his business.GRANDPA: Why not? You've got all the money you need. You can't take it with you.”

“But Urdda stood firm. 'Where do you come from, sir?''I come' - the littlee-man stalked towards her in a way that might have been menacing, had he been full-sized - 'from Smelly-bumhole Land. You may call me Mister Odiferous. Up through the arse of the world I come here, and when I'm finished I will squeeze myself back out it.”