“Most people have a rope that ties them to someone, and that rope can be short or it can be long. (Be long. Belong. Get it?) You don't know how long, though. It's not your choice.”

“Man is a rope, tied between beast and Superman--a rope over an abyss.”

“Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.”

“The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.”

“Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.”

“How long, Lord, O how long will it be before I can f--k someone like the girl sitting at the SDS literature table?”

“The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At the end of it, the sun is
like a yellow hole…”

“Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.”

“We don't get Top Rope Theatre at the Palace of Wisdom”

“Long after you’ve forgotten someone’s voice, you can still remember the sound of their happiness or their sadness. You can feel it in your body.”