“I'm not sure that pasteurized thinking is rich enough in intellectual vitamins”

“Earlyworm rolled the words along the table like a fragmentation grenade.”

“Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman.”

“One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience”

“Good and Evil are very hard to explain or understand. I'm sure that evil exists, but it is hard to isolate. Good and evil are intertwined and impossible to separate. They are not completely opposites and in fact are often one and the same.”

“Everyone - rich or poor, black or white, educated or not - is in emotional turmoil, in some sort of pain. (51)”

“Well, I guess I'll become a thief, then," said Pica unhappily. "though I don't think I'll be much good. I'm a pacifist, you see?”