And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

I'll wager at the end a body realizes the Lord has already shown Himself. That things as they are -- her hand circles in a gesture that gathers clouds and kites and grass and Queenie pawing earth over her bone - just what they've always seen, was seeing Him. As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes.

There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.

I've lived a lot in communist countries and they're intensely interested in money. I think they are more interested in money than capitalists are. They're the most materialistic people in the world. What they're actually living for is material things. The irony of that is that in communist countries there isn't anything to buy.

Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost.

I'm very scared, Buster. Yes, at last. Because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away.

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.