"I devised a test.I turned off the TV and instantly the snoring stopped. She began to move. When I felt her eyes about to open, I turned the TV back on and back to sleep she went. Then I'd turn it off ..."
- Peter Hedges
"I never want to regret. 'Regret' is the ugliest word."
"How can you kill a man who'd already been dead for years?"
"These eggs are broken. Cracked.""Yes, ma'am. That happens sometimes.""Does it?""Yes, it's the unfortunate part of being an egg."
"The more Christian you are in this town, the more makeup you wear. I've always thought that it's because if you were to die suddenly, you'd look better for God."
"I was seven when he hung himself, and I don't remember all that much, and anything I did remember, I've managed to forget."