“Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.”

“Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.”

“No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.”

“I want to meet a woman named Sherry who only drinks brandy, and a woman named Brandy who only drinks sherry. Then I’ll offer each one of them one magical night of sex with me, in the form of two of my clones.”

“If what Granma Mary Rommely said is true, then it must be that no one ever dies, really. Papa is gone, but he's still here in many ways. He's here in Neeley who looks just like him and in Mama who knew him so long. He's here in his mother who began him and who is still living. Maybe I will have a boy some day who looks like Papa and has all of Papa's good without the drinking. And that boy will have a boy. And that boy will have a boy. It might be there is no real death.”

“The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.”