He could beat anything, he thought, because no thing could hurt him if he did not care.

“Everybody has strange things that mean things to them. You couldn't help it.”

“You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch." "Yes." "It'…”

“Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead.”

“Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years.…”