“The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.”

“That's when you stop being one way and start being another, Ruby said. Not something many people can do, or want to do. In fact, Ruby said, The only people who cross over, cross over because they're on some kind of Mission Impossible.I could no longer live and stay the way I was, I said.”

“Weird here is something we aspire to, something we perfect, get degrees in, get awards for.”

“Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?”

“So I'm smoking in the house, Mother said. And Bobbie's got a dog in her room. And your son Will's got an Injun in his. So there it is, Mother said. Like it or lump it!”

“Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.”

“Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?”