Do you believe in an afterlife?" the gunslinger asked him as Brown dropped three ears of hot corn onto his plate. Brown nodded. "I think this is it.

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

Isn't it too bad that the great truths are all such lies.

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?

I write to find out what I think.

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.