“John?
As it was dark he whistled a what.
You are such a male of worth, you know that. You really are.”

“If you want me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

(as Marie 'Slim' Browning in)”

“Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing.”

“I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it.”

“It was their way of defying that tricky place Earth. That place will hurt you if you let it get the hop on you. They spooked the Earth spooks away with their stories. They whistled in the dark.”

“No, you've got it all wrong, John." Reading his emotions, she shook her head. "You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.”

“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.”

“He writes the kind of music you whistle on the way into the theater.”

“He had a feeling this was one of those times when a male should express positive enthusiasm regardless of what he really thought—especially when he didn’t really know what was going on.”

“You're awfully dark, brother," he said. "You don't know how dark.”