“I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.”

“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

“I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do.""A rule?""If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn't, go for the one without form. That's my rule. Whenever I run into a wall I follow that rule, and it always works out. Even if it's hard going at the time.”

“Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.”

“In my forty-year career in this country,Inever dealt with people based on their religion or nationality. I have friends of all faiths. I have always held the rule that all of us come from one father,Adam, and one mother,Eve.”

“But tell me truly, milovidnost, had I asked you to elope with me that night, would you not have followed me to the ends of the earth? (Jack)I wouldn’t have followed you to the end of the corridor. (Lorelei)”