“The older the violin, the sweeter the music.”

“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.”

“Anyway, whacking a surly bartender ain't much of a crime.”

“By the time the shade had reached the river, Augustus would have mellowed with the evening and be ready for some intelligent conversation, which usually involved talking to himself.”

“Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do.”

“-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.”

“It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae”