“Carmelita Spats, who oughtta be told "Gorgeous" does not start with an M.”

“C is for Cute
A is for Adorable
R is for Ravishing
M is for Gorgeous
E is for Excellent
L is for Lovable
I is for I'm the best!
T is for Talented
A is for "A tap dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian! NOW LET'S START MY WHOLE WONDERFUL SONG ALL OVER AGAIN!”

“All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this…”

“I was wondering what electrons are actually doing when they sit in your hard drive in an old laptop at the back of your closet. I mean, how does an electron sit still — is it like a cartoon M&M learning back in a folding beach chair? Is it like an angry little steel ball bearing hovering there, just waiting to go nuts on protons? What’s the mechanism that starts and stops the electron? Who’s its dungeon master?”

“What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.”

“[M]uch of what our Supreme Court does involves filling in the "great silences of the Constitution"...”

“I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.”

“I started crying again, my voice ragged. He told me to calm down. He told me it was going to be all right. And then, he told he'd be there soon.”

“It's not their fault if, in the heat
Of their transactions, I repeat
It's not their fault if vampires meet
And gurgle in their spats.”

“It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.”