Quotes from Alan Russell

As you get older, it is harder to have heroes.'

And he told me illegitimi non carborundum translates to, 'Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It was L.A. after all; storefronts advertised the availability of Botox at the beach. There were also storefronts that advertised the doctor was in and ready to see to your medical marijuana card. I didn't see the need. Just walking the boardwalk got you a contact high.

A weed is just a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.'

Maybe it was that Hamlet line he referenced, where he wrote about someone who was "protesting" too much.

screamed for revenge, but his desires were foiled by his own words, for he yelled out,

I'm hoping the prince prevailed and lived happily ever after.

Everything looked wonderful until I noticed the anchovies. "Really?" I said. "Hairy little fish?" "It's not a real Caesar salad without anchovies." "I appreciate hairy dogs; I don't appreciate hairy fish.

As a rule, Heather didn't believe in pity parties.

Mark Twain's words: Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

It almost feels like I've suffered in order to be able to see what I otherwise wouldn't.

In a messianic situation there exists an environment of proba te dignum—prove yourself worthy.

Man plans and God laughs," said Seth.

Prometheus stole fire from the gods so that humans could become like gods.

I think people have this mistaken notion that if you have a couple of kids, it's not quite as terrible losing one of them because you still have the others. But love is unique, just as loss is.

Tails often say a lot more than mere words.

Christmas in Southern California was as much an oxymoron as jumbo shrimp.

You know what Lily Tomlin once said?" Sirius pretended to be interested in what Lily and I had to say. " 'I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.

William Cummings was right: there are no atheists in foxholes.

If a kid refuses to take a nap, is he guilty of resisting a rest?'

She named him after the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky.

Would you like to hear tonight's specials?" "I think the only thing I'll want to hear is the clink of ice cubes." "That can be arranged, sir.

T. S. Eliot was wrong about April being the cruelest month: it's January.

According to the medical literature, I was a textbook case for posttraumatic stress disorder. During the day I can control my symptoms, at least to a degree, but not at night. That's when all hell breaks loose in my dreams.