“When I touched that boy, I felt something. Something awful. Something I cant describe.We all felt it, Nick said.You may have felt it, but I caused it. Then both his eyes seemed to go far away. Some...”

“So the gods must mean something else, said Jix.God, not gods! insisted Johnnie.Nick threw up his hands. God, gods, or whatever, said Nick. Right now, it doesnt matter whether its Jesus, or Kukulcan...”

“If someone had told Allie that she would commit a premeditated act of murder, she would not have believed it. She would have spouted off all the reasons how she could never be capable of such a thi...”

“Your friend Mikey knew what my touch could do, but he didnt tell me. He turned me into a murderer. Worse than a murderer.I think, said Nick, they call that manslaughter or wrongful death, dont they...”

“Mooooon! said the Ogre. Tranquility Then he pointed at the full moon. Neil Armstrong walked in a sea of Tranquility. Then he added, Its made of cheese. But you have to take off the plastic before ...”

“Mary believes she was put on earth to bring an end to the living world.Both Nick and Mikey just stared at her.What do you mean end? asked Mikey.End means end. Complete and total destruction. She w...”

“We prefer to imagine brutal wars and atrocities as events that "just happen" every now and then, much like tornadoes or lightning strikes; this metaphor suggests that we can't generalize from them,...”

“The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvag...”

“Along with individual responsibility goes some societal responsibility to enable young people and their parents to do what they need to do. Otherwise, what is a society?”