“When the sun comes out in Hawaii, it warms up. When the sun comes in Puerto Vallarta, it warms up. when the sun comes out in Minnesota in January, you just go snow-blind.”

“It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.”

“...the one and only time in his career he'd been tempted to draw his weapon was when a swarm of gnats had descended on him in the motel parking lot. And what was so wrong about killing all the insects? Who cared if the frogs died with them? The only thing frogs were good for was keeping the insect population down, and clearly they were lousy at that.”

“You two have sex every time you look at each other; sleeping together is just a formality you haven’t gotten around to yet.”

“There are no nonsmokers in this business. Just people trying to quit, and people who haven’t started yet.”

“My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again.”

“When the sun comes up, I have morals again.”