“We live in a world of banal miracles.”

“All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it's all part of the story...”

“He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.”

“What business does memory have with time?”

“Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.”

“This is a love story, Michael Deane says. But, really, what isnt? Doesnt the detective love the mystery, or the chase, or the nosy female reporter, who is even now being held against her wishes at ...”

“Those who work, knows the strength of labour.”

“I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the cove...”

“I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in p...”