Tag: Selected Quotes

“The next thirty seconds at their table were truly awkward, and walked slowly by, trying to act like ninety seconds.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 94

“Because I am not blind, I do know that if she had put a quarter in her hip pocket, I would have been able to tell if it was heads or tails.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, pp. 92-93

“Well, let’s state the facts accurately. I wasn’t leering. I merely glanced at her. I simply wanted to get her attention to find out if they put my cinnamon roll on the wrong train.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 91

“He didn’t feel the way he had felt the night before, except in his gut. He felt normal in every respect, with the exception of his large intestine. He felt like his intestine had somehow gained thirty pounds. He thought he should be able to function normally without looking dejected. He was dejected though, or at least his intestine was.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 87

“So my grandma smiled her brightest and most cheerful smile at the lady, and with her old-school Alabama accent, the kind you could spread on crackers, she said . . .”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 73

“They want to rule the world, pure and simple, even if it is a smoking ruin by the time they get to rule it.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 71

“As a result of his visionary thinking and visionary back-room dealing, he was soon the CEO of the largest oil company in the history of mankind. I think his oil company might be alluded to in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the big statue.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 67