“I heard you showed some backbone. I decided to visit in the vain hope that you might be turning interesting.”

“I think you need to know that your hope hasn't been in vain. That there will be a happy ending. That when the show is over, you will hear applause.”

“Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.”

“Maybe it didn’t seem like a big deal to you Zach. But now, I hope you understand. My world was collapsing. I needed those notes. I needed any hope those notes might have offered. And you? You took that hope away. You decided I didn’t deserve to have it. ”

“I heard some interesting things about your performance up here.""I hear interesting things about your 'performance' all the time Doug, but you don't hear me making jokes about it.”

“I hope you enjoyed your visit. You never know. You may want to join forever.”