“Angels,we have grown apart.”

“dogs and angels are notvery far apart”

“there are policemen in the streetand angels in the clouds”

“We are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and it is as if the sun has become disgusted with waiting”

“The wisdom to quit is all we have left.”

“Everything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is all there and all ours for the taking." -- Cecilia to Henry Chinaski, liberty taken changing past tense to present tense (173)”

“and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter”