"The classroom fell quiet, a long heavy silence that roared in Roy's ears like a train."
- Carl Hiaasen
"As far as I'm concerned, the gator that ate T.C. deserves a medal from Crime Stoppers."
"Just because something was legal didn't automatically make it right."
"My father's a large man, very strong, but he says fighting is for people who can't win with their brains. He also says there are times when you've got no choice but to defend yourself from common moro..."
"That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp. ..."
"Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm."
"He paused and manufactured a chuckle."