Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved deeply and tried dogfully.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them.

A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child.

It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.

Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.