“Testimony to her belief that life could be managed if things were only kept in their proper places.”

“A man's beliefs are his destiny. As soon as my father believed his life was over, it was.”

“It is hard to believe that a place this small can hold so much hate, and I have the terrible feeling I’ve only just seen the surface.”

“The mind can only remember what it's willing to remember - because if you are guilty, then the truth is not the thing that sets you free. It's the thing that gets you locked away.”

“Dylan - "A mermaid found a swimming ladPicked him for her ownPresses her body to his bodyLaughed; and plunging down,Forgot in cruel happinessThat even lovers drown."Jess - "I thought mermaids were supposed to SAVE men."Dylan - "They are, but sometimes a guy doesn't mind drowning.”

“As soon as I left one town, I was in another, each one a totally different world, as if an invisible box surrounded its edges, keeping everybody in their proper place.The rich stayed rich. The poor stayed poor. The troublemakers stayed in trouble.”

“The RoadLife isn't a destinationIt's a journey.But you gotta be heading somewhereor you're just a mousegoing round.Even ifthe place you wind up isn't the place you where bound”