Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.

You like me, Josie Moraine. You just don't know it yet.

What was life asking of me? How could I respond when I didn't know the question?

Man, you’re a regular Bonnie Parker.” “A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.” Jesse found that hysterical. “Did Willie say that?” “Nope, Mae West. Now, how do I get on this thing in a skirt?

Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived?