“Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.”

“It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth.”

“He saw the irresistible allure of high school sports, but he also saw an inevitable danger in adults’ living vicariously through their young. And he knew of no candle that burned out more quickly than that of the high school athlete.”

“Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should!”

“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”

“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.”

“The best things in life are simple. Simple things work. They don't foul up. It's the complicated things that get twisted around on you.”

“Never miss a chance...to keep your mouth shut.”

“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”

“Sometimes when we’re in situations where we feel we’re not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.”

“Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands”

“There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child.”