“You gonna take the case?"It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of."You're gonna have a devil of a time finding him if it was aliens," Grandma said.”

“He squinted at me. "What are you wearing? Is that some new form of birth control?”

“Aren't you something," Grandma said. "I never saw a midget up close." "Little person," Briggs said. "And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either.”

“Almost everybody I know has died, Grandma said. Bunch of wimps.”

“I wasnt a fabulous cook. I didnt have a boyfriend, much less a husband. And I wasnt a big financial success. I could live with all those failings as long as I knew that once in a while I looked rea...”

“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”