"I never heard from Ted Brautigan again. Not that I didn't think of him. I always have. I always will. Because that summer was the last of my childhood. And though I never again saw what people were thinking, there was an enduring gift that he left me. What Ted did was open my eyes, and let the future in. I wouldn't have missed a minute of it. Not for all the world."

"It's funny how when you're a kid, a day can last forever. Now, all these years seem just like a blink."

"Why do we always expect home to stay the same? Nothing else does."

"Whenever it wants, the past can come kicking the door down. And you never know where it's going to take you. All you can do is hope it's a place you want to go."

"You know, when you're young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you're living in someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up, and our hearts break in two."

"Lead Bank Robber: I'm getting too old for this shit."

"Angel: Almost got hung once myself. Didn't care for it much."

"Joseph: Yeah, I know. You know the next time you people come and drive us off our land I'm gonna find a nice piece of swamp that's so God-awful, maybe then you'll leave us the hell alone."

"Zane Cooper: I've never committed a cold blooded murder in my life, and I'm not about to. Not till I find Maverick."

"If I can't touch you, I can touch your shirt and dream."

"You thought that was fast? I thought it was fast. Well was it?"

"From the moment I slapped eyes on this hombre, I smelled trouble. And re-fried beans."

"Lord... whatever I've done to piss you off... if you could just get me out of this and somehow let me know what it was I promise to rectify the situation."

"James Coburn - Commodore Duvall"

"Alfred Molina - Angel"

"Graham Greene - Joseph"

"James Garner - Marshall Zane Cooper"