“My, my. A body does get around.”

“I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.”

“My mother is a fish.”

“When the switch fell I could feel it upon my flesh; when it welted and ridged it was my blood that ran, and I would think with each blow of the switch: Now you are aware of me! Now I am something in your secret and selfish life, who have marked your blood with my own for ever and ever.”

“When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.”

“I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie”

“As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.”