“There's adventure in the air. . . and cake to be eaten.”

“The Nazis had broken our windows and torn apart our furniture, but they had not destroyed our selves.”

“The weakest punches are thrown with the tongue.”

“Today you had a very important lesson on taking punches. A lot of people will tell you that the first thing you have to learn is how to take a punch. But I believe the first thing you should know is that you can take one and survive. A punch won't kill you. Conquering your fear is the first step to becoming a powerful fighter.”

“This is not the way things are done in Boy’s Own Adventure books. I recall no mentions of homosexual gang-rape and cannibalism”

“There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.”

“There's no money in poetry. Then again, there's no poetry in money either.”