“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.”

“Tall, aren't you?I didn't mean to be.”

“It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.”

“Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be."Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.”

“I caught the rest of it in one of those snob columns in the society section of the paper. I don't read them often, only when I run out of things to dislike......I threw the paper into the corner and turned on the TV set. After the society page dog vomit even the wrestlers looked good.”

“Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.”

“I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.”