“İçimden eve gitmek istiyorum, dedim..”

“When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they will break and tatter under the touch. You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and lift them gently into your bottle of sea water. And perhaps that might be the way to write this book-to open the page and let the stories crawl in by themselves.”

“Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.”

“In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms”

“You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives. And more - you'll see - you're buying bitterness.”

“Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.”

“And Ma smiled sadly, "He is. Tommy's growed way up - way up so I can't get aholt of 'im sometimes.”