“Norman was never one for exactness, exactly.”

“Because this exact leaf had to grow in that exact way, in that exact place, so that precise wind could tear it from that precise branch and make it fly into this exact face at that exact moment. And, if just one of those tiny little things had never had happened, I'd never have met ya. Which makes this leaf the most important leaf in human history”

“I proved to you that psychiatry is an exact science!""An exact science?!""Yes, you owe me exactly one hundred and forty-three dollars!”

“He was a poet; and they are never exactly grown-up.”

“Things never happen exactly how you think they will.”

“Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon a person and I will show you the exact amount of words endured by these people.”