"We've entered as strangers....soon we have friends. And they come over and they sit with us, and they drink with us, and they talk to us. And they tell about the big, terrible things they've done, and the big, wonderful things they'll do...their hopes and their regrets, their loves and their hates...all very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. And then...I introduce them to Harvey. And he's bigger and grander than anything they offer me. And when they leave...they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back, but that...that's envy, my dear. There's a little bit of envy in the best of us. That's too bad. Isn't it?"

"But so far I haven't been able to think of any place I'd rather be. I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whomever I'm with. I'm having a fine time right here with you, Doctor."

"Years ago, my mother used to say to me...she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be'--She always called me Elwood.--'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart...or oh, so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. And you may quote me."

My regards to you and to anybody else you happen to run into.