And I said to myself that he was the first thing that I had ever missed in my life.

“Trouble and pain were what kept a man alive. Or trying to avoid trouble and pai…”

“and love was lightning and remembrance”

“Look, you're small-town. I've had over 50 jobs, maybe a hundred. I've never sta…”

“the waste of wordscontinues with a stunning persistencefor all who laugh at us-…”