Speaking on September 15, 1960, regarding a play that occurred the previous day: specifically, his failure to throw the ball to second base following Vernon Law's successful pickoff of Maury Wills; as quoted in "Alston Rates Wills with Robinson" http://www.mediafire.com/view/l45legblbwjhk2u by Frank Finch, in Los Angeles Times (September 16, 1960), p. 76
“and when he
catches me
off guard
and says
'i love you'
i catch him
off guard
and say 'i need your help.”
Source: The Realm of Possibility
Source: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)
“I know what I am to him. A butterfly he has always wanted to catch.”
The Collector (1963)
Context: I know what I am to him. A butterfly he has always wanted to catch. I remember (the very first time I met him) G. P. saying that collectors were the worst animals of all. He meant art collectors, of course. I didn’t really understand, I thought he was just trying to shock Caroline — and me. But of course, he is right. They’re anti-life, anti-art, anti-everything.
“I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.”
Source: When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
28th April 1824) Raphael Showing his Mistress her Portrait By Mr. Brockedon. (British Gallery.
The London Literary Gazette, 1824
