"Prejudices are the refuge of those who cannot think for themselves."

“Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers.”

“She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said.”

“Separating them were two layers of brick, a few inches of plaster, and nine years of silence.”

“About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.”

“Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.”

“And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.”

“Lists are how I parse and manage the world.”

“But metaphors help eliminate what separates you and me.”