“The opposite of faith isnt doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.”

“We are this world. Its next generation. If youre not trying to save us, then what exactly are you trying to save?”

“Ester would tell her to dance faster, leap higher, to laugh out loud with all the breath in lungs. Thats what the dead would tell the living, if they couldto grab hold of joy whenever it comes.”

“Your soul is bigger than your programming.”

“Noemy says, I guess its just the idea of love I miss. And, well, it was a good kiss. Her smile turns rueful. At least I got some practice. A wonderful idea occurs to Abel. Do you need more practice...”

“victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isnt a victory. Its the end of us.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“Prostitution has the same relationship to trafficking as sex has to rape. One is voluntary, the other is not”

“The man at the end of the bar was looking at me. ... Should I get drunk and sleep with him now? But I could see that I would regret that so much I would want to die after. I didn't want to get invo...”

“She didn't look like any motel manager I had ever seen. More likely an actress who hadn't quite made the grade down south, or a very successful amateur tart on the verge of turning pro. Whatever he...”