“It's so nice to have sane friends.I imagine.”

“I didn't mean to interupt you if you were looking for your friends Miss--''Callihan,' but you can call my Jasmine. Or Jas.' Or Snookums. Honeybunch. Hotsie Totsie Cowgirl. My Little--'It's nice to meet you Jasmine, I'm Jack.”

“No, this is serious, Ollie. So I'm watching this spider building its web in the corner of the window. First it does the main parts, then the little connector rods. It's like so careful and precise, right? And then just when it's done, Mrs. Halverson comes over and says, 'It's so stuffy in here I can hardly breathe. Let's have some air,' and opens the window. And boom, all the spider's work was gone." He paused. "Made me think, man, that was just like life."I touched his cheek. "What do you mean, silly boy?""You work and work, and all it takes is one bitch to ruin everything."Ollie stared ahead steadily and said, "I think it shows that sometimes for one person to keep breathing, something else has to stop.”

“ask yourself, what would babbi do?wahtWWBD? You know, the famous line in the movie Bambi if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.”

“that arctic blast you're feeling? it's the chill coming off my cold shoulder”

“i never thought of it before, but with your height and build, you are going to look SO CUTE in your straitjacket.”

“So let me see-you've got a boyfriend, a not boyfriend, and a secret admirer." He shook his head at me. "Girl, no wonder someone tried to run you down.”