“He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he's alone and will be for long. He cried because ...”

“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

“You need to take out the stuff thats just sitting there and doing nothing. No slackers allowed! All meat, no filler!”

“You need to take out the stuff that’s just sitting there and doing nothing. No slackers allowed! All meat, no filler!”