“Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.”

“Oh my God," he said. "A kind word from Rose Hathaway. I can die a happy man.”

“Oh my son's my son till he gets a wife,
But my daughter's my daughter all her life.”

“He said "I'll punch your head!" I said "Whose?" He said "Yours!"
I said "Mine?" He said "Yes!" I said "Oh?"
He said "Want a fight?" I said "Who?" He said "You!"
I said "Me?" He said "Yes!" I said "No!"
So we then came to words, he said "You're a cad!"
I said "Cad?" He said "Yes!" I said "Who?"
He said "Who?" I said "Yes." He said "You!"”

“Would he have said he loved me? I would ask myself that for the rest of my life.”

“All my life, she gave to me a shovel and said, Fill these holes inside of me, Pari.”

“I am so far from being a pessimist… on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”

““I’m a man of my word,” Jeevan said. At that point in his directionless life he wasn’t sure if this was true or not, but it was nice to think that it might be.”

“Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.”

“All my life,” I said, “knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.”