“There is more than one Sue Brown.”

“The expression on James' face was priceless. "The pizza man wants to meet me?”

“That boy thinks the sun rises out of your backside. The good Lord knows why if all it produces is gas.”

“Luke's momma had an impressive temper. All the Murrays had tempers, but Momma, she was another level entirely. She could rant at her husband and cook the evening meal, and whap her son upside the head all at the same time.”

“Do you remember his science project, Harry Sue, on the trajectory of spitballs? I tell you, that modest little display taught our students more about physics than I could accomplish in a weeklong unit at the middle school”

“The only way to guarantee failure is to quit.--Sue Cameron”

“There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.”