"I wish the first word I ever said was the word "quote," so right before I die I could say "unquote."

"I think that if we are going to reform the world, and make it a better place to live in, the way to do it is not with talk about relationships of a political nature, which are inevitably dualistic, fu…"

"I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food or any other element. The only question with wealth is what to do with it. It can be used for evil purposes…"

"It had to begin somewhere—maturity, the stage after the midlife crisis, peace. It had to begin somewhere."

"And almost idly, in a kind of sidethought, Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought."