“What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous, almost scandalously privileged, with a simple errand to run.”
“What I wanted to do seemed simple. I wanted something alive and shocking enough that it could be a morning in somebody's life. The most ordinary morning. Imagine, trying to do that.”
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!”
“I run this town. Mostly I run errands.”
“Maurice was scandalized, horrified. He was shocked to the bottom of his suburban soul....”