"I’d better get back to work. It’s like butting my head against a stone wall, but somebody’s got to keep butting, if o…"

"You’re as nutty as a peck of pecans, ma’am."

"We’ll jump off that bridge when we come to it."

"I folded the paper and wriggled around in the seat. Buses are like candy bars, I thought. The price goes up and the s…"

"“‘Morning, Sam,” the coffee boy said. “How about some coffee?” “‘Morning, Herb,” I said. “That’s the first intelligen…"

"“I’m good for about thirty bucks,” I said. “Then I’ll have to get a refill from petty cash.” “There’s nothing petty a…"

"“What do you think of it, old man?” I thought very little of it but I pretended to turn it over in my mind. “It’s got…"

"“I’ve made my choice, Sam,” she had written. “I had to choose between what I wanted and what I could get. There are t…"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."