“I may be mad, he thought, but I prefer the shit of this world to whatever sweet ambrosias the next may offer.”

“Whatever police the world may prescribe to rule the soul, I refuse to obey them.”

“For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”

“He starts to whisper a prayer. "Whatever beings there are, may they be free from suffering. Whatever beings there are, may they be free from enmity. Whatever beings there are, may they be free from hurtfulness. Whatever beings there are, may they be free from ill health. Whatever beings there are, may they be able to protect their own happiness.”

“I didn't know whether to trust Alaska, and I'd certainly had enough of her unpredictability - cold one day, sweet the next; irresistibly flirty one moment, resistibly obnoxious the next. I preferred the Colonel: At least when he was cranky, he had a reason.”

“I may not be a "Sugar Daddy," but I think I'm a sweet man!”