“Funny,' said Harriet to herself. 'The world goes on turning, and it has all these troubles in it.”

“It has been said that as goes the family, so goes the world. It can also be said that as goes the father, so goes the family.”

“Ole Golly: The time has come, the walrus said... Harriet M. Welsch: To talk of many things... Ole Golly: Of shoes and ships and ceiling wax... Harriet M. Welsch: Of cabbages and kings... Ole Golly: And why the sea is boiling hot... Harriet M. Welsch: And whether pigs have wings!”

“Ichirou: And I went through all the trouble preparing to explode with laughter...That wasn't funny at all!”

“A skeptic once said to me, 'I don't believe the Bible because it has miracles.' I said, 'Name one.' He said, 'Turning water into wine. Do you believe that?' I said, 'Yeah, it happens all the time.' He said, 'What do you mean?' I said, 'Well, rain goes through the grapevine up into the grape, and the grape turns into wine. All Jesus did was speed it up a little bit.”

“It's a funny place, this world. Hate has rights. Love has none.”