"[Henry Rios, with Raymond Reynolds, therapist] "Somewhere along the line, I had died." "What does that mean, Henry?" …"

"[Henry, to the therapist] "You people always end up wanting to talk about mommy and daddy," I said, intending a joke,…"

"[Chuck Sweeny] "Times change, we change with 'em.""

"I walked over to the railing and watched the traffic stream up and down the boulevard. A blond in a Jeep cruised by s…"

"It was sometimes easier to read the future from the entrails of a cat than get a fix on what a judge was thinking, an…"

"[Zack Bowen] "Damn, it's tough being a fag. People hate you who don't even know you, and the ones who know you, they'…"

"[Alicia] "What is false does not become true simply because people shout it. What is right does not change because it…"

"[Josh Mandel] "Most things people care about are silly. They don't think about the ones that matter.""

"It was not quiet in my head."

"[Josh] "Just listen to me. I don't want to die, Henry. I want to be like everyone else. I want my seventy-five years …"