“Memories aren't rags that come clean with enough ringing.”

“...it will be a world made not bright but brighter, not clean but cleaner.”

“He's got a chloroform-soaked rag in one hand, and before Judy realizes what's happening, the dude is all over her like fat on cheese.”

“That is, Jack thought, the way of life. The horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts when we're old enough to know what death is and realize that sooner or later we'll lose everyone we love. We're never the same. But somehow we're all right. We go on.”

“You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find.”

“If we aren't here for one another, why are we here?" - Grady Adams”

“When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.”