Quotes from John J. Parrino

Remember kid, you're only as sane as the people you choose to love. Manny, Miracle at Margari Park

The city has dealt with the likes of Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gogh, Hemingway and Gertrude Stein, not to mention Mr. Bonaparte. And the Moulin Rouge is there as well. Really, Parisians have seen it all, if you know what I mean. I should be just a tiny bleep on their emotional radar, which is perfectly fine with me.

I'm a handy-challenged, bona fide egghead who wouldn't know a drill bit from a sledgehammer." Now We Know Why It's Called a Punch List due for publication in 2019

Dr. G, a sixteen foot, aging giraffe was sprawled awkwardly on a couch half his size. Cat and Tort sat on a love seat waiting anxiously for the Doctor to start. The towering Doctor started with… "Can we begin?" The giraffe paused and cocked his massive head towards the wall that displayed his numerous degrees. "Of course we can begin. I'm the damned Shrink here.

I always knew when Mom was pissed at me. She called me Joey T. My name is Joey. The T is for Tormente, my last name and the persistent feeing I stirred up in her.

You humanoids worry about your kids being pushed around by bullies, and rightfully so. But think about this: We had bona fide bulls at my school. Yea, monstrous creatures with huge torsos, gargantuan horns - and when they were pissed - gross stuff oozed out of their gigantic noses.

Life is a renovation project.

Emotions are fevers of the mind.