'The child's taunt, "My old cat will probably be dancing with" - if it really is a taunt and not the involuntarily friendly image of child, cat, and mouse dancing, the two animals on their hind legs - once appropriated by the poem, no longer has the last word.'

'The whole thing comes to depend thus on the quality of bewilderment characteristic of one's creature'

'This is the only Instance, it is believed, when he condescended to take Notice of any Thing that had been written against him; and here his chief Intention seems to have been to make Sport.'

'Our union can be perfected.'

'Yeah, suck it, I do read the paper.'

'We may not be the best people...'

'But we're not the worst.'

'Graduate students are the worst.'

In case you're wondering what to buy me for Christmas this year, I've decided to make it easy on you.

'It seems like she sleeps an awful lot.'

'They all do.'

'And I always thought: the very simplest words
Must be enough. When I say what things are like
Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds.
That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself.
Surely you see that.'