“I don’t trust love, and I don’t trust you.”

“Her body bent and gaudy, an old amusement park, her dogs are night-time horrors that howl and growl and bark.”

“I have been where God has been. I have seen what God has seen.”

“I get in my car and I head for the south because the words in my head are too big for my mouth. Now drive.”

“I’m going to run as fast as I can. Drink can’t help me but may be speed can.”

“All I see is colours, all I hear is noise.”

“Oh God, save us all from Suzi, she knows not where she goes, riding round in circles and everybody knows how ghosts and ghouls and lovers have torn her party clothes.”

“I’ve seen some things and been some places, but I’ve never been dealt with more than five aces.”