"An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing."

"The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake."

"Nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean wouldn't cure."

"They had jerrybuilt the beaches from San Diego to the Golden Gate, bulldozed super-highways through mountains, cut do…"

"Deep feeling sounded in her voice. I had no doubt that the feeling was partly sincere. Still, there was something unr…"

"You have a secret passion for justice. Why don't you admit it?" "I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is wh…"

"Money costs too much."

"The moral beatings that people took from their children, I was thinking, were the hardest to endure and the hardest t…"

"When your income passes a certain point you lose touch. All of a sudden the other people look like geeks or gooks, ex…"

"I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves."