“That’s a stupid name! Whirly-gig is much better, I think. Who in their rightmind would point at this thing and say, ‘I’m going to fly in my Model-A1’.People would much rather say, ‘Get in my whirly-gig’. And that’s what youshould name it.”
“Nice one, Catpiss,' he says. That’s not my real name. My name is actually Kantkiss. Kantkiss Neverclean.”
“I love her so damned much." Manny heard himself say. “That’s my heart right there. That’s my woman”.”
“If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?”
“See, that’s just it…You shouldn’t even know sayings like that,” I griped. “It takes normal people years to pick up on all those little phrases. Do you have any idea how stupid I feel, when I can’t even say ‘Hello, my name is Palta…Oh, and by the way—I’m the village idiot.’?”
“I feel like I’m going to an execution.Of my heart and my trust maybe.And that’s pretty much right.”