“Where has Arnold been? I said. ... the Westwoods get in the papers.Patting the orphans.Getting homes for the homeless.Legs for the legless. She was laughing as she said it.Blind dogs, I said. Dogs ...”

“Where has Arnold been?’ I said. ‘... the Westwoods get in the papers.’‘Patting the orphans.’‘Getting homes for the homeless.’‘Legs for the legless.’ She was laughing as she said it.‘Blind dogs,’ I ...”

“Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.”

“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”

“You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”