You have many fine qualities that I admire. But you are out of time. You should have been born a century ago, when values such as yours meant something.

Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.

People don't change just because you know more about them.

How fishy on the fishiness scale? Ten is a stickleback and one is a whale shark." "A whale isn't a fish, Thursday." "A whale shark is--sort of." "All right, it's as fishy as a crayfish." "A crayfish isn't a fish." "A starfish, then." "Still not a fish." "This is a very odd conversation, Thursday.

I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.

Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.