“I hadnt gone to Andover, or Horace Mann or Eton. My high school had been the average kind, and Id been the best student there. Such was not the case at Eli. Here, I was surrounded by geniuses. Id f...”

“PJamie! I called. He waded back toward me. Im starting to think my name is Pajamie. Your name should be Pajerky. You said it wasnt deep. Pajerky? He gave me a skeptical look. Thats Pathetic. Well s...”

“I have a question for you, but its kind of...um, personal. Yes, Im gay. You really are a fan of saying that, arent you? Once you start, you just cant stop.”

“I hadn’t gone to Andover, or Horace Mann or Eton. My high school had been the average kind, and I’d been the best student there. Such was not the case at Eli. Here, I was surrounded by geniuses. I’...”

“I have a question for you, but it’s kind of...um, personal.” “Yes, I’m gay.” “You really are a fan of saying that, aren’t you?” “Once you start, you just can’t stop.”

“Dont ask a writer what hes working on. Its like asking someone with cancer on the progress of his disease.”

“I g-g-guess...I'm dead?" she heard her own voice call out, strangely high-pitched and thin.For a long time, she heard nothing else. And then:"Hi, Dead. I'm Dan.”

“Whether people need nature or not, it was clear that nature needed people. But perhaps nature needs us like a hostage needs her captors: nature needs us not to annihilate her, not to run her over, ...”

“I cannot express how lordly and transfigured I felt at that moment. I was a prince of that harbor, a porpoise king - slim among the buoys and the water traffic.”

“This [sand-dollar hunting] had become one of our rituals together, and though she would search for other varieties of shells when I was out of town or unable to see her, she would wait until I appe...”

“Over the drop, a luminous pond lay below them like a pale magic lantern. It was as if the moon had plummeted into the water and smashed open. Engulfed in darkness, with only a scatter of stars abov...”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”