“You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.”

“You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time”

“It didn't take a Harvard economist to figure out that it'd be a hell of a lot cheaper spending money on helping keep kids safe when they were younger than it was to put them in jail when they were older. That was the American way, though. Spend a million dollars rescuing some kid who's fallen down a well, but God forbid you spend a hundred bucks up front to cap the well so the kid never falls down it in the first place.”

“You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.”

“Considering what Pauline's been through . . ." Will began, then stopped himself. "She's not very nice.""She's a cold-blooded bitch.""I'm surprised I haven't fallen in love with her.”

“. . . he was about as forthcoming as an amnesiac with lockjaw.”

“Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.”