“When it comes to strangers with guns,” I told her, “I think suspicion is more likely to keep you alive than trust.”

“Corey's coming, no more sad stories coming
My midnight-moonlight-morning-glory's coming aren't you girl?
And like I told you, when she holds you
She enfolds you in her world.”

“No man is more of a stranger to you than you are to him. Receive him with trust.”

“When everyone clapped and told me they were impressed, I thought: 'I like this - I think I'll keep doing this”

“Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more alive than I have ever been, and not only when she was pleasant either. Even when we were fighting I was whole.”

“I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger.”

“Come on outside when youʹre done,ʺ I told her. ʺItʹs like the barbecue of the damned. Except… thereʹs no grill.”

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”

“I think it [getting a gun] should be like getting a pilot's license. I think you should require training to get a license to have a gun.”

“When I meet someone I like being with more than I like being alone, I'll marry her.”