“You went to the catamaran with him?" Marcus couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You've been boating together?""Yes, boating--not boinking--boating!" Rosie screeched.”

“And we all know how ladies get minks . . .”Popsy and Sandra chorused the answer together. “The same way minks get minks!”

“No man is an island but every woman is. That's why we build bridges.”

“Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat?Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat.Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats.Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats.”

“What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!""Yeah.That was me. I set the boat alight.""What?""I set fire to the boat.""But we're on the boat!""I know.”

“Something terrible happened in Salem in 1692 . . . but it isn't what you think!”

“I know there’s this ongoing Portland/Brooklyn spar for über hipdom (and I have to be careful here, because my agent lives in Brooklyn), but Portland is the least derivative place I’ve ever been. The folks here do what they do in defiance of norm or trend. The spirit of authenticity in Portland is as contagious as a February flu.”