"Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her."
- Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

RE: Is Bob an Idiot?
"I never play the Newbies. I just invite them over. Betty is in love with me, and Bob always pisses on my carpet. I ALWAYS have to ask him to leave after that. I feel sorry for Betty having to be married to such a dope!"
- from the Sims message boards

"Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. These were home to breeds of birds with no natural predators. Breeds of birds that lived nowhere else on earth. The plants there, without enemies they evolved without thorns or poisons. Without predators and enemies, these islands, they were paradise.

The sailors, the next time they visited these islands, the only things still there would be herds of goats or pigs.

Oyster is telling this story.

The sailors called this 'seeding meat.'

Oyster says, 'Does this remind you of anything? Maybe the ol' Adam and Eve story?'

Looking out the car window, he says, 'You ever wonder when God's coming back wth a lot of barbecue sauce?'"

- Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

"If you wanna get the sugar, gotta roll the goat around."

- David Pruitt, attempting to decipher Leadbelly lyrics