Let’s set a precedent and try to approach this thing logically. — T. A. Waters

"We were getting very good at pauses. This one, while not quite pregnant, had certainly been fooled around with."

"The deadline was two months earlier, but like myself Mike considered deadlines in financial rather than chronological terms."

"Both time and reality have always been regarded suspiciously in the Village, and various pharmaceutical concoctions are purveyed to those who wish to circumvent them."

"“What will people say?” “Who,” I asked, “is going to tell them?”"

"I’m giving up everything I can’t stand for Lent."

"Everybody seemed to be in show business; what the hell had happened to the audience?"