“I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.”

“Doc tips his hat to dogs as he drives by and the dogs look up and smile at him.”

“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”

“I guess she's just nuts,' he said. 'And if she's nuts, a guy's got to do nuts things. You don't think you could say the hell with her?”

“I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never really seen.”

“I've given you everything a friend can give, Joe Saul-even contempt, and that's the hardest thing of all.”

“You're not clever. You don't know what you want. You have no proper fierceness. You let other people walk over you. Sometimes I think you're a weakling who will never amount to a dog turd. Does that answer your question? I love you better. I always have.”