“Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.”
“The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them.”
“But you ain't part of it, are you?" said Granny conversationally. "You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite believin' anything? Thinkin' the wrong thoughts?”
“[They] talked mostly of their memories, for the past was all they had - the present being such a changable, odd thing, and the future too far away.”
“Sometimes I think life's nothin' but sittin' around watchin' pretty go bad.”
“I could never leave you, Ethan Wate. I’ll always be watchin’. Make me proud.”