“And you, Bloss, may shove it ... sideways ... with barbed wire wrapped around it.”

“Creating fantasy is real work, important work. It’s a hard, cold world we live in, and sometimes we need to escape. Sometimes we need that more than food or water or a roof over our heads.”

“There's very little in my world that a foot massage and a thin-crust, everything-on-it pizza won't set right.”

“Sometimes love was sacred, the most holy and powerful force in the universe. Sometimes it was a warm, fuzzy feeling. Occasionally it was a wildfire of passion that, like cognac, inflamed every cell of your body.And sometimes it was just a decision, plain and simple.”

“Police officers put up barbed wire around their hearts to protect them.”

“Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle.”

“It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.”