“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

“Its amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.”

“I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didn't cure; ...”

“Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”

“Ignorance doesn't lead to salvation, nor does knowledge pave the way to sin. - Cinda Williams Chima”

“I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.”

“That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.”

“You have terminated me, one of them said in a strange, flat voice. But Iam one of many.Robots! Iggy breathed, taking Total from Angel.One of many, one of many, one of many, the robot Eraser was say...”

“He blew himself up.Get out! You mean like guts all over the place?Not all over the place, I said. He was pretty well contained, all things considered.”

“Anna thought about the men outside on the gallery. She was glad they were there; finding them smoking and talking quietly had been comforting, it was what men did in the evenings when the work was ...”

“Her arms groped forward to guide her when her tears blocked her vision in darkness. Then she couldn't run any more. She sank to her knees and began to cry in her terror. She wanted Gary.She suddenl...”

“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebr...”

“I didn't die, and that's the point. Doesn't matter how close you come if you walk away whole.”