“Pain cannot be ignored. However, it can be endured. When necessary, a great deal of pain can be endured. Just ask my mother.”

“The general air of insecurity and affection made it too easy for him to imagine these once-a-year fabulous creatures as the cubicle dwellers most of them were in everyday life.”

“Morality he found amusing, in the obscure way that only a man with a Ph.D. in philosophy could find such things amusing, but justice and ethics were inflexible measures, applicable to all, and not ...”

“Parker Haas, crying Omaha, and his sleepless Rose.”

“For there is nothing quite so terror-inducing as the loss of sleep. It creates phantoms and doubts, causes one to questions one's own abilities and judgement, and, over time, dismantles, from withi...”

“You are going to die in front of dozens of witnesses, and none of them will do a thing to help you or avenge you. Because they know exactly what you know: The world is ending.”

“My tattoos, like most people's, were reminders, badges of personal experiences. Yes, I might wear them on my skin for the world to see, but their meaning was a little too personal.”

“What most people see is a badge, behind and beyond the badge is what they need to know...the person.”

“Rejection is no badge of honour.”

“I need a favour.I raise my eyebrows at him in disbelief. What makes him think Im about to do him a favour? Hes a stranger. And hes wearing handcuffs.”

“Most people are like sheep. Nice, harmless creatures who want nothing more than to be left alone so they can graze. But then of course there are wolves. Who want nothing more than to eat the sheep....”

“What did you do before? I used to run a lot.Cross country? Track?From the cops, actually.”

“If you violate laws of God, you're a sinner.If you violate laws of men, you're a criminal.If you violate your own laws, you're pathetic.”

“There is no crime in anyones blood any more than there is goodness in the blood of others. Criminals are not born. They are made by hunger, want and injustice.”

“Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent.”