Fay: Have you known him long? Hal: We shared the same cradle. Fay: Was that economy or malpractice? Hal: We were too young then to practice and economics still defeat us.

Fay: The priest at St Kilda's has asked me to speak to you. He's very worried. He says you spend your time thieving from slot machines and deflowering the daug…

Fay: What will you do when you're old? Hal: I shall die. Fay: I see you're determined to run the gamut of all experience.

Fay: You've been a widower for three days. Have you considered a second marriage yet? McLeavy: No. Fay: Why not? McLeavy: I've been so busy with the funeral.

In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest-usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation-and in a family of peasants, wh…

For a boy not getting any he had more woman problems than anybody he knew.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.