“Never underestimate the power of stupid.”

“My heart leaped like the cheerleader I will never be.”

“I never forgive. I like revenge too much.”

“I'm Baptist. So far, Fast or Never is the only speeds I got with forgiving.”

“For me, it was a Gold Star day. I'd identified an enemy, and I'd made a life decision: I might come home tore up from fighting or late from being punished, but I'd never come home crying. So far, I ain't.”

“Dale's family is like that. Let the Law come within twenty yards of them, and every male over the age of six--uncles, brother, father, cousins--starts lying his fool head off. Dale says it's genetic. Miss Lana says that's poppycock.”

“Except for that, everything's going great. Well....there's been a murder and we're out of soup.”