Tommy had been dealing with more than a few adjustments since he'd come west from his hometown of Incontinence, Indiana - not the least of which had been finding a girlfriend, who, while smart, sexy,...

Indeed, it was an extremely skillful beta male who discovered fire, although, as expected, an alpha male almost immediately snatched it away from him {alphas failed in the discovery of fire, but since...

It turned out that the watchdogs could be trained, particularly if you only told them to do things they were going to do anyway. «Come, Alvin. Good boy. Now, poop. Excellent.»

Pursuit of material gain is ultimately empty when measured against eternity;

"You whoreson scalawag!" said I. "You flesh-turd dropped stinking from the poxy arsehole of a hare-lipped harlot!"

Blessed are the meek, for to them we shall say "Beautiful boys."

People always stay the age that they died at. My big brother died of leukemia when I was six. He was eight. Now when I think of him, he's always eight, and he's still my big brother. He never changes,...

God.' She'd tasted of oranges and honey and he'd felt her shake beneath his hands. He'd wanted to strip her right there in the carriage with his men riding outside. She was driving him mad. He...

I can't say that exhaustive research and reporting will guarantee a great story, but I've never been able to pull one off without it.

If a gift, favor, or service incorporates all three features of meaningfulness, unexpectedness, and customization, it can become a formidable source of change.

Give him? Friend, you're disgusting - Kelly said in disbelief. Oh, I'm sorry if I offended your delicate sensibility. I meant to make love to him.

It's going to be like a cracked-out queer version of the Avengers.

Anyone that gave them trouble for anything would find a drag queen's spiked heel up their urethra.

I would do anything to make you happy because no one had ever smelled like you did. It was candy canes and pinecones. It was epic and awesome. and it was home.

Eyebrows of Judgment, Casey said, wiggling his fingers at Gus's face. "We meet again." "Don't talk to my eyebrows"

The second message is one that I have saved for weeks. It's Otter, and he simply says, I love you.

I ground my teeth as I bit back words I knew would hurt. That was the danger with knowing and loving others. You always knew things about them to throw back in their faces.

That in effect was love. It struck him as astonishing. The word was so little in his vocabulary...

He who does not work does not eat, certainly, but he who works no longer lives.

Impatience is a twentieth-century virtue. At twenty, when they saw, or thought they saw, what life could be, the sum of bliss it held, the endless conquests it allowed, they realised they would not...

"You know women," confided the fruitseller, "they love little cats... they always love the helpless things. But when it comes to men, you know, they'll want them cruel." The youth stranger smiled...

"Where'd you learn to do all these funny things?' he laughed. 'And you know I say funny but there's sumpthin so durned sensible about 'em. Here I am killin myself drivin this rig back and forth from...

It was my dream that screwed up, the stupid hearthside idea that it would be wonderful to follow one great red line across America instead of trying various roads and routes.

I visualized myself at Norma's house, stretched out on her couch, my eyes closed, and she at the piano playing a powerful movement from some Symphony in D major by Beethoven, by Brahms, by Sibelius,...

Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.

When your words are futile, you're better off keeping them to yourself

The only things needed in life are security, knowledge, and a lot of audacity.

Eating together is an occasion that humans have made into a peacemaking ritual;

Mimicry reassures the weak, and the envious fool takes the risk as often as the visionary who mocks the error and leaves the man alone.

Travel is much more rewarding when it ceases to be about reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living our life.