"Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)"
"Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited."
"Cynics are simply thwarted romantics."
"Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all."
"Cynics are simply thwarted romantics."
"The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)"