We were supposed to grow old together, Dolores. Have kids. Take walks under old trees. I wanted to watch the lines etch themselves into your flesh and know when each and every one of them appeared. Die together.

Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?

I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I'm awful - my handicap is about six or seven thousand.

How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” “I don’t know. How many?” “Eight.” “Why?” “Oh, stop overanalyzing it.

Believe it or not, Marshal, I believe in talk therapy, basic interpersonal skills. I have this radical idea that if you treat a patient with respect and listen to what he's trying to tell you, you just might reach him. (87)

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

The loneliness of another can be shocking when it lays itself bare without warning.