“To think, to think, even with a split second left—to think was the only hope.”
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
“The last thing Mitch really remembered was…being on top of Sissy. He’d had a split second of thinking, “Wow. This feels really good.”
“Perhaps, he thought, if I only think of this second, this moment, the train won't come at all. Think of the water, think of now.”
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
“One thinks the worst even while clinging to hopes for the best.”