“There was no time to weigh chances. There was no such thing as chances anyway, in the distorted perspective of the weed fumes.”
“If you’re not scared then you’re not taking a chance. If you’re not taking a chance then what the hell are you doing anyway?”
“And even when they refuse to listen, I'll keep talking anyway, hoping on a slim chance that the things inside my head are worth something to someone.”
“Customs are formed, and the descendants of men are trapped therein. The generations pass without a chance to weed out the foolish from the essential—a regrettable situation.”
“But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.”
“Whether a dandelion is a weed or a flower is entirely a matter of perspective.”