"“Do you hate fat people?" “I don’t judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that I’m middle-aged I see how right I was.”"
"The veins in Andy’s forehead were beginning to bulge, his face was redder, and the wings of his nostrils were sweaty."
"“Come in,” she called to him, “come in.” She was dismayed to see when Andy opened the door that he had removed all of his clothing with the exception of his socks and his underdrawers. He did not seem to be embarrassed, but behaved as though they had tacitly understood tat he was to appear dressed i"
"“Why, certainly,” said Miss Goering, “I told you I would." “Well,” said Andy, “I’ve learned in the course of years that it doesn’t mean a thing." Miss Goering felt a little embarrassed. They stood side by side for a little while without saying a word."
"She felt even more remorse when she arrived at the booth because Arnold’s father had been sitting there all the while without having ordered himself a drink. “What’s the matter?” asked Miss Goering, her voice rising way up in the air like the voice of an excited mother, “Why on earth didn’t you orde"
"After Miss Goering and Arnold’s father has stood there for a minute they realized that Arnold himself was the case of most of the merriment. He had removed his coat and his sweater and, to their surprise, they saw that he was still wearing his pajama top. He had pulled it outside of his pants in ord"
"After Frank has served the drink the man snatched it from in front of her. “Come on,” he said, “let’s go and sit in a booth." Miss Goering clambered down from her stool and followed him to the booth that was farthest from the door."
"“But do you know,” said Andy, “how beautiful and delicate a man’s heart is when he is happy for the first time? It’s like the thin ice that has imprisoned those beautiful young plats that are released when the ice thaws.""