“Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.”
“Bound by Love, But sworn to Kill...”
“Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.”
“Unless society came out past Flat Rock Crossroads, kept on past Booker T. High School, hung two rights, a left, turned in on Milk Farm Road and found Roland plowing a tobacco field, jerked him off the tractor, warped him and set him back up there without anybody riding by and noticing, blame can't be laid on society.”
“Once I tried to kill myself with a bungee cord. I kept almost dying.”
“Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie."You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded him."Who he had the good sense to kill off in the second act," snapped Sir Godfrey.”