“The bus stops and out get the sort of people who travel by bus between cities: students, old people--mainly women--and the middle-aged who cannot afford the train and who have never grown old enough to drive. Out we get, and away we go, the young, the old, and the failed girls.”
“Our souls are old, often used before. The knife outlasts the hand that holds it.”
“The richest people are those who have an abundance of what we take with us into the next life.”
“Death is not the villain of the piece. It is the next phase of life in unfamiliar clothing.”
“If you don't believe in Karma or reincarnation, don't worry. Probably you will in your next life.”
“But I can't do anything for him and he can't do anything for me. We must wail in our own corners.”
“But suicides are mysterious, and one must respect their mystery.”