In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
Vanessa didn't like it, but I figured a cop wasn't going to stop for a kid waving his hat in the street, not that day. They just might stop if they saw Darryl bleeding there, though. I argued briefly with her and Darryl settled it by lurching to his feet and dragging himself down toward Market Street.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
It's a dangerous business going out your front door.
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.