I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never really seen.

“[Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers…”

“But you can't start. Only a baby can start. You and me - why, we're all that's …”

“In town in a whorehouse. That’s where your money’s goin’. Jesus, I seen it happ…”

“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more t…”