"They say the day you die your name is written on a cloud."

"I sell gasoline, I make a small profit. With that I buy groceries. The grocer makes a profit. We call it earning a li…"

"You don't get vaccinated for Florida, but you do for Mexico."

"[to Jeff] You dirty, double-crossing rat."

"You say to yourself, "How hot can it get?" Then, in Acapulco, you find out. I knew she had to wind up here because if…"

"And then I saw her, coming out of the sun, and I knew why Whit didn't care about that forty grand."

"I knew I'd go every night until she showed up. I knew she knew it. I sat there and drank bourbon and I shut my eyes, …"

"I never saw her in the daytime. We seemed to live by night. What was left of the day went away like a pack of cigaret…"

"It was a nice little joint with bamboo furniture and Mexican gimcracks. One little lamp burned. It was all right. And…"

"I never told you I was anything but what I am. You just wanted to imagine I was. That's why I left you. Now we're bac…"