“Can't you ever get off for good behavior?""Sure, if I was ever good.”
“Can you ever get off for good behavior?" he joked.I gave him what I hoped was a seductive smile as I found my seat. "Sure," I called over my shoulder. "If I was ever good.”
“...-you know no one wanted to see the old boy go. I bet where ever he is, the fishing's good" "Given his surely behavior, the fish might be fried where he is,”
“It's really starting to get to me and I'm not sure how to handle it because I can't remember ever letting anything get to me before. I can't remember ever feeling this fucking vulnerable.”
“Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.”
“What good is intelligence,' Akutagawa asked, 'if you can't ever discover a useful melancholy?”