“Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.”

“Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.”

“Yeah, well, I wanted to be a screenwriter, and guess what? I am one. That's the other tragedy in life.”

“He squeezed her hand. "Then I'll come get you, wherever you are when it happens. We'll be okay.""But what about everybody else?"He stared out across the river, nodding slowly. "My guess is, everybody else is in big trouble.”

“When a vacuum forms, someting has to come along to fill it. Because that's what everybody does.”

“Butch, I got sick and needed some time to regroup. But I wanted to see you. That's why I asked you to come calling when I ran into you back in December. When you said no, I thought... well, you'd lost interest."She'd wanted to see him? Had she said that?"Butch, I wanted to see you."Yeah, she had. Twice.Well, now... didn't that perk a guy up.”