“Let nature do the freezing and frightening and isolating in this world. let men work and love and fight it off.”

“don't stop to think of the words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work.”

“She was a nice little girl, simple and true, and tremendously frightened of sex. I told her it was beautiful. I wanted to prove this to her. She let me prove it, but I was too impatient and proved nothing.”

“There's nothing wrong with you Ray, your only trouble is you never learned to get out to spots like this, you've let the world drown you in its horseshit and you've been vexed...”

“Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.”

“All the men were driving home from work, wearing railroad hats, baseball hats, all kinds of hats, just like after work in any town anywhere.”

“The mambo never let up for a moment, it frenzied on like an endless journey in the jungle (288).”