“Mercy: “Can't sleep with a dead man in my closet.”Ben: “You killed someone?” Ben asked with interest”

“Ben Says: Never say you can't. Thinking...You can't will always hold you back from doing the things you can!:)Timothy PinaBullying Ben”

“What happened to you?" she asked."Ben was feeling artistic. Wanted to rearrange my face.”

“The stink came from the prison cubicle next door. Old Ben was in there and Ben was the dirtiest man alive.”

“Ben is ten and he’s dead. But he’s not gone. Not for me.”

“Ben: You know what's really great about baseball? Lindsey Meeks: Hmm? Ben: You can't fake it. You know, anything else in life you don't have to be great in - business, music, art - I mean you can get lucky. Lindsey Meeks: Really? Ben: Yeah, you can fool everyone for awhile, you know? It's like - not - not baseball. You can either hit a curveball or you can't. That's the way it works... Lindsey Meeks: Hmm. Ben: You know? Ben: You can have a lucky day, sure, but you can't have a lucky career. It's a little like math. It's orderly. Win or lose, it's fair. It all adds up. It's, like, not as confusing or as ambiguous as, uh... Lindsey Meeks: Life? Ben: Yeah. It's - it's safe.”