“I'm scared David""That's good, because there's lots to be afraid of”

“Scientists talk about dark matter, the invisible, mysterious substance that occupies the space between stars. Dark matter makes up 99.99 percent of the universe, and they don't know what it is. Wel...”

“I know the Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider can't fly because if it could, it would have a different name entirely. We would call it "sir" because it would be the dominant species on the planet. ...”

“When a man plans, a woman laughs.”

“Fred said, Man, I think hes gonna make a fuckin suit of human skin, using the best parts from each of us.Holy crap, said John. Hell be gorgeous.”

“John, let me make one thing clear, Jim said, cutting me off in his most stern, evangelical voice. Every man is blessed with his gifts from the Lord. One of mine happens to be a penis large enough t...”

“But in those first hours after you take it, your brain is tuned in like nothing you can imagine. Eyes like the Hubble telescope, sensing light that's not even on the spectrum. You might be able to ...”

“Falling in love is like getting hit by a truck and yet not being mortally wounded. just sick to your stomach, high one minute, low the next. Starving hungry but unable to eat. hot, cold, forever ho...”

“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”

“I have often wondered since at my own firmness. In that dreadful interview with my uncle I had felt, in the whirl and horror of my mind, on the very point of submitting, just as nervous people are ...”