“No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”

“No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat's cradle is nothing but a bunch of X's between somebody's hands, and little kids look and look and look at all those X's . . ." "And?" "No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”

“Newt remained curled in the chair. He held out his puny hands as though a cat's cradle were strung between them. 'No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat's cradle is nothing but a bunch of X's between somebody's hands, and little kids look and look and look at all those X's...''And?''No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”

“See the cat? See the cradle?”

“God damn it, you've got to be kind.”

“We could have saved [the Earth] but we were too damned cheap.”

“There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.”