...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.

Know what we did, Lucy? You and me? We spent our whole lives yearning. Isn't that the God damndest thing?

He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep it separate from the rest of your life, but that didn't mean there'd be any way to keep from knowing it was there.

Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life.

Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.

Every man has a right to keep his own sentiments if he pleases.