“There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.”

“The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic.”

“If there were people become a real threat to my family,then I would stop them from doing so in anyway I could.”

“This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do so many different things.I never knew there were so many different ways to say goodbye.”

“I stared at him in silence. There were so many things I wanted to say. Like, How could you think what I feel for you is only physical? or, Don't you know you're my best friend? and finally, Bones, I love-”

“But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.”