"I laugh at a lot of things nobody ever laughs at except her."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"We will all of us die with things never remembered."
Chap. 2, p. 22

"'It is sad," said Mike. 'It makes you wish to cry.'
'It is sad,' said Red. 'It makes you wish to laugh.'"
Chap. 17. p. 239

"He stood a chance of living a long time yet, not too long but long enough, and I tried to keep him thinking of things yet ahead."
Chap. 4, p. 45

"Everything you said to her any more she said 'What difference?' meaning lay in the sun and enjoy life."
Chap. 5, p. 54

"But power plus brains is the difference between nobody and somebody."
Chap. 6, p. 78

"And even the people who read it will think that it is about baseball or some such stupidity as that, . . . "
Chap. 15, p. 207

"Dutch stood up and took a bat out...