“Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.”
“Even his hair seemed more startled than usual.”
“People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend”
“I guess when you'd lived as long, and pondered as much, as Old Tom had...a game of hopscotch could be more profound than village politics or gossip.”
“If there is a change, it is usually for the lesser rather than the greater; many people seem to lose God along life's way.”
“I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.”