“I was born in a halfway house on a one-way street.”
“One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house.”
“I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.”
“To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it”
“Respect is not a one way street”
“Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't exist. We met before we were born and we'll probably still know each other after we die. At least, that's the way we're planning it.”