"Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular, and by nature it is interminable, repetitive, and nearly unbearable." The Third Policeman (1967)
"Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places." The Third Policeman (1967)
"You mean that because I have no name I cannot die and that you cannot be held answerable for death even if you kill me?" The Third Policeman (1967)
"My father...was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings." The Third Policeman (1967)
"The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who nearly are half people and half bicycles." The Third Policeman (1967)