Skippy Dies Quotes

#1. Let's get right to it: On page 5 of Paul Murray's dazzling new novel, 'Skippy Dies,' ... Skippy dies. If killing your protagonist with more than 600 pages to go sounds audacious, it's nothing compared with the literary feats Murray pulls off in this hilarious, moving and wise book.

Jess Walter

#2. Two ghosts, briefly rescued from oblivion; a small act of reclamation, a chance to make amends.
-Paul Murray, SKIPPY DIES

Paul Murray

#3. Life makes fools of us all sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace. In the end, you know, it's our own expectations that crush us.
from Skippy Dies

Paul Murray

#4. The labels on the little bottles and boxes do not tell you which one is the sleeping pill. Instead they have names, long strange names that slide out of shape while you are reading them. They sound like kings from history or alien planets. There are hundreds of them.

Paul Murray

#5. I've never taken fashion too seriously. I try to enjoy it.

Soledad O'Brien

#6. Everyday should be a good day to die

Dave Matthews

#7. 'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.

Caitlin Hale

#8. We made a rule," I whispered.
"Unlike you, I don't follow rules." He didn't give me a chance to respond. His lips met mine and stole my willpower.

Kasie West

#9. Never lie under any circumstances.

Warren Buffett

#10. It's hard to find a girl with a heart of gold, when you're living in a four letter world.

Warren Zevon

#11. [Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

Ethel Merman