
Favorite Parts
This page contains some of my favorite descriptive passages and dialogue
from the book.
Johnny on Liberace:
"LIBERACE!" Owen cried,
every time he saw the man; his TV show appeared ten times a week. He was a
ridiculous peacock of a man with a honey-coated feminine voice and dimples so
deep that they might have been the work of a ball peen hammer.
Johnny on
his mothers string of admirers:
Once, one of them asked my mother if I was
toilet trained - I guess he found this a suitable question, prior to his
inviting me to sit on his knees and play bucking bronco.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE
SAID YES," Owen Meany told me, "AND THEN PISSED IN HIS LAP."
Johnny
talking to his students:
"If it's another nice day tomorrow," said Lesie
Ann, "can we have class outside?"
"No," I said; but I'm so slow - I feel so
dull. I know what The Voice would have told her.
"ONLY IF IT RAINS," Owen
would have said, "IF IT POURS, THEN WE CAN HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE."
Johnny
on missing Owen:
Standing on the sidewalk with Mrs. Brocklebank, I felt the
tears start to come.
"Do you have allergies?" Mrs. Brocklebank asked me; I
shook my head. I feel so ashamed of myself that - even for a moment - I could
consider zapping my grade 12 girls with a nasy quiz on Tess of the
d'Urbervilles. Remembering how I suffered as a student, remembering how much I
needed Owen's help, how could I even think of being a sneaky teacher?
Owen on Mrs. Wiggin:
"SHE LOOKS LIKE A STEWARDESS ON THE
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD."
Owen on the mysterious dorm tenant:
"SURE," Owen said, "AND I SUPPOSE HIS FATHER RAN OVER THE DOG? I SUPPOSE HIS
MOTHER DID IT WITH THE DOG?"
Tabitha Wheelwright on "cheating" the
clothing stores:
"They must think I'm married to a real tyrant! He doesn't
like anything!"
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