Bink Quotes

#1. I'm not exactly sure how old the girls are [in Bink & Gollie], but I can pretty much guarantee that their parents will never show up. That would mess up the fun. I do, however, very much like Kate's idea of having Tony [Fucile] draw their portraits.

Kate DiCamillo

#2. I have brought you half of my pancakes," said Gollie.
"And I have removed one of my outrageous socks," said Bink. "It's a compromise bonanza!

Kate DiCamillo

#3. Where were we a year ago, Bink?" "In Vienna." "In Vienna, swiving opera singers." They shared a moment of silent recollection. "And now you're an earl. A man of responsibility. You'll want a wife.

Alina K. Field

#4. Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water.

Piers Anthony

#5. What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [ Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love in the world; and words are so much fun.

Kate DiCamillo

#6. Putting on socks is hard work," said Bink. "I'm hungry.

Kate DiCamillo

#7. What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.

Kate DiCamillo

#8. Bink," said Gollie, "I must inform you that you are giving a home to a truly unremarkable fish."
"I love him" said Bink.

Kate DiCamillo

#9. Now it was done. He was free of Xanth forever. Free to make his own life, without being ridiculed or mothered or tempted. Free to be himself.
Bink put his face in his hands and cried.

Piers Anthony

#10. Keep Calm and Read Bink Book

Ain Maisarah

#11. I love you, and..." he grunts. "I hate you. And, I hate that I fuckin' love you.

Bink Cummings

#12. There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate - not to the artist, but to the public, blinding them to all but harming the artist not at all.

Oscar Wilde

#13. Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement of the military draft to ensure a more equitable representation of people making sacrifices in wars in which the United States is engaged.

Charles B. Rangel

#14. He who does not have the church as his mother, does not have God as his father.

Saint Augustine

#15. He is suddenly, dodderer and ass, taken by an ache in his skin, a simple love for them both that asks nothing but their safety, and he'll always manage to describe as something else
'concern,' you know, 'fondness ...

Thomas Pynchon

#16. My prayer is spasmodic, occasional, desperate. It has a great deal to do with my children's physical well-being - that when they're traveling in the air the plane not crash, things like that.

Frederick Buechner

#17. Life is not a fairy tale, and if you think it is, you better stop reading now.

Bink Cummings

#18. I wanna own all your smiles and only see you cry when you're happy. I wanna die in your arms because it's the only fuckin' place I've ever truly lived.

Bink Cummings

#19. Horniness is just a mental state with a physical repercussion.

Bink Cummings

#20. She's dumber than a box of hair.

Bink Cummings

#21. When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

Warren Buffett

#22. By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities.

Dan Lipinski

#23. He speaks to the poor, the powerless, and he mocks the rich and powerful. He isn't the Messiah the Pharisees are looking for.

Stephanie Landsem

#24. So don't come in here acting like you matter. You left and took your high horse with you," he takes another step in my direction. My throat constricts.
He's not finished, "And you show up here at my club thinking you can just waltz right in and have a say? No bitch.

Bink Cummings