“Everyone is happier if they have someone else to look down on, as well as someone to look up to, especially if they resent both.”

“Find the goddess inside yourself instead of looking for the god in someone else.”

“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.”

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”

“I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.”

“If someone falls down, pick them back up. Just because there's not a frickin camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for each other.”

“No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.”

“Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right place, and when you find what you are looking for, it is not clear then how to respond to it.”

“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.”

“Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else.”