Roy Blount Jr.: Want

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“A convention has to be something that more than one person is moved to take hold of. It's a convention to call your sweetheart "dumplin" or "honeybun." It would also be a convention to call her "gulag," if she would stand for it, which she won't, and why would you want to be around someone who would?”

Alphabet Juice (2008), p. 66.

“I know, you want to make a citizen's arrest of anyone whose menu lists "Idaho potato baked in it's skin," but you can't.”

Alphabet Juice (2008), p. 155.

“People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.”

Alphabet Juice (2008), p. 324.

“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat’s eyes don’t even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog’s eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, “What do you want me to do for you? I’ll do anything for you.” Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don’t have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.”

“Dogs Vis-A-Vis Cats,” Now Where Were We?, Random House (1989).