“It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.”

“Maybe...in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe...maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but it's a little like life. I mean it's powerful going down and that doesn't even take into account the aftertaste, which really takes getting used to.”

“Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.”

“Why is it I'm always so quick to believe that people are thinking...believing the worst about me?”

“Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.”

“And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.”

“But will somebody please tell me what's a person to do when they're too afraid of life to live and too afraid of death to die?”