“For anyone who wanted to throw away his watch, along with his past, this was the place.”

“It's easier to throw away a child who reacts to his abuse than attempt to heal his pain.”

“I am fading away. Slowly but surely. Like the sailor who watches his home shore gradually disappear, I watch my past recede. My old life still burns within me, but more and more of it is reduced to the ashes of memory.”

“He was the kind of guy that made a woman want to rip his shirt open and watch the buttons scatter along with her inhibitions.”

“As I was walking past Tony Pastor's I saw Pat, the lesbian bouncer, throw a drunken young sailor out into the street. The sailor said, "That place is full of fucking queers." He swung at the air and nearly fell on his face, then he staggered away, muttering to himself.”

“Women are queer, unreasoning creatures, and are just as likely as not to love a man who has been throwing away his affection.”