“Later when they would mention, they would say, and everyone would know, but not nearly as well as they meant.”
“Romeo and Juliet, say they didn’t die but Juliet got pissed and took off. Everyone would know it was Romeo and Juliet, would always be Romeo and Juliet, even if later Romeo hooked up with Nancy. No one ever heard of Nancy, doesn’t even sound right, Romeo and Nancy. Everyone knows Romeo’s meant to be with Juliet. Even if Romeo loved Nancy, Nancy would always know she was never Juliet”
“If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?”
“He would pray...for everyone who knew pain, which meant everyone who wore a human face.”
“I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.”
“Would everyone stop saying arse!".... "I know, its called an ass, people. Ass”