Heather N. Paxton

“Dad was a man who, due to his underprivileged background perhaps, never hesitated when it came to the verbs to get or to take. He was always getting something off the ground, his act together, his hands dirty, the show on the road, someone's goat, the message, out more, on with things, lost, laid, away with murder. He was also always taking charge, the bull by the horns, back the night, something in stride, someone to the cleaners, a rain check, an axe to something, Manhattan.”
― Marisha Pessl

“There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.”
― Leonard Michaels

“I was what came to mind when there was blood on the floor.”
― Alan Alda

“You have to live among rich liberals to understand what they're saying. You'll never believe what they mean by 'middle class.' They mean themselves.”
― Joel Stein