“By the time she awoke she couldnt even remember if she had a dream or a nightmare. There had only been a deathlike peace.”

“For a while she cried silently until she tired herself out and the overwhelming feeling of sleepiness overcame her. The room around her was fairly silent, although she wasnt the only one crying her...”

“Amanda had way too much time to think being at the hospital without any friends. She didnt want to dwell on her thoughts for too long lest the wrong ones might emerge. She was hoping to forget what...”

“Baby, Im so sorry. You know I wouldnt feel right, if I ran away from my responsibilities. Id have to live with that decision for the rest of my life. My being in the war could save lives. My runnin...”

“Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an we each have a story.”

“Each of these patients counts on us to help them to the best of our abilities. We have an obligation to them. We shouldnt turn our backs on them and give up. Its not fair to them, nor is it fair to...”

“I cant help but think that if she was going to kill herself, she might as well have done it earlier. Perhaps when I was a toddler. Or better yet, an infant. It certainly would have made my life eas...”

“Also I could hear Amandas voice: Why are you being so weak? Loves never a fair trade. So Jimmys tired of you, so what, theres guys all over the place like germs, and you can pick them like flowers ...”

“She thought of the things that lovely young women usually think about when they are relaxing in treetops and unhampered by underwear.”

“Youve jerked my heart more than your dick.”

“I spit out to my heart and my mind. when you collect them together, they can not show the resistance of a average dick.”

“Am I racially kin to this man? Baynes wondered. So closely so that for all intents and purposes it is the same? Then it is in me, too, the psychotic streak. A psychotic world we live in. The madmen...”