“Love that dog, like a bird loves to fly.” (86)

“Love that dog, like a bird loves to fly.” (86)

“I didn’t know about the spell-checking thing inside the computer. It is like a miracle little brain in there a little helper brain.” (67)

“I don’t want to write about that blue car that had miles to go before it slept, so many miles in such a hurry.” (7)

“I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;I'll only stop to rake the leaves away(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):I shan't be gone long. -- You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calfThat's standing by the mother. It's so young,It totters when she licks it with her tongue.I shan't be gone long. -- You come too.” (The Pasture)

“I am going to ask you and I want you to know that’s okay because our teacher says writers are very very very very busy trying to write their words and the phone is ringing and the fax is going and the bills need paying and sometimes they get sick ”(55-56)

“I tried. Can’t do it. Brain’s Empty.” (2)

Raining like cats and dogs. Meaner than a junk yard dog. Sick as a dog. To be thrown to the dogs.

“Love that dog, like a bird loves to fly.” (86)