“Im waiting for the day when Rush Limbaughs pharmacist writes a book.”

“Remember what happened last time with the 'cuda.”

“As far as I'm concerned, the gator that ate T.C. deserves a medal from Crime Stoppers.”

“My father's a large man, very strong, but he says fighting is for people who can't win with their brains. He also says there are times when you've got no choice but to defend yourself from common m...”

“That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a rom...”

“One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.”

“The world grows ever complex. More urban. Less peaceful.”

“drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it as the axis on which the world revolves”

“Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again.”

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.”

“Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")”

“To imbibe so much quiet is to become the music inside it.”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”