“Now that I have this piglet talisman... who knows what I might find the poor judgment to do?”

“Tell me." Edward had to raise his voice a little. "Do you live by the principle that what people don't know can't hurt them?""No," Harper replied. "What people don't know can't hurt me.”

“To fear what you do not understand is to mistake ignorance for safety.”

“The Pepper Sisters," Falk told him, "I think you just got an eyeful of the new ad campaign for their dairy.""Were those the owners or the producers?" Jason asked."Both. It's an employee-owned co-op. Chemical-free too now that Pickle's quit smoking.”

“I'm so glad to be grouped with the men you've seen in rotten shape. My hope is that someday I will reach the pinnacle of that appalling list.”

“It was a lazy community of mutual disinterest and alcohol.”

“Don't waste your prayers on the past, when the future is where you're going.”