• They're playing with him, Garraty thought. All of this must be terribly boring for them, so they are playing with Olson. Is Olson fun, boys? Is Olson keeping you amused?

  Garraty began to cry. He ran over to Olson and fell on his knees beside him and held the tired, hectically hot face against his chest. He sobbed into the dry, bad-smelling hair. (Pg 256)

• "The reason all of this is so horrible," McVries said, "is because it's just trivial. You know? We've sold ourselves and traded our souls on trivialities. Olson, he was trivial. He was magnificent, too, but those things aren't mutually exclusive." (Pg 259)

• "I have to make sure I'm topping the speed."

  "All right. You want company?"

  "If you got the energy."

  McVries laughed. "I got the time if you got the money, honey." (Pg 299)

• "He thinks we're queer for each other," McVries said, amused. 

  "He what?" Garraty's head snapped up.

  "He's not such a bad guy," McVries said thoughtfully. He cocked a humorous eye at Garraty. "Maybe he's even half-right. Maybe that's why I saved your ass. Maybe I'm queer for you." (Pg 319) 

                                                                             ——Stephen King