“Just concentrate on being in the moment”, he said. “Don’t read into things. See what’s really there ok?”

“What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside,were it really counts ?”

“I laughed. “I’ll pass. I happen to be interested in someone I don’t really see as the guy in those posters.” He hesitated a moment, and then said, “Thank you.”

“Love is the answer, said the songs, and that's OK. It was OK, I supposed, as an answer. But no more than that. It was not a solution; it wasn't really even an answer, just a reply.”

“You need to see things, REALLY see them, feel them, live them, so you know what’s big and what’s little, what matters and what to put aside.”

“He held out the hand that wasn't holding up the blankets, palm out. 'OK,' he said. 'OK, think, Collins, think - yeah, OK, this is awkward, and I'm really sorry, because I'm sure you're really - Oh, man. What the hell did I do? Was there drinking? There must have been drinking.”