“It's cold and it's mean spirited and I don't like it here anymore.”

“American love — like coke in green glass bottles...they don't make it anymore.”

“Sex is glorious, it's how we all got here, and it's most people's favourite activity.”

“As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.”

“I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragile and it's the only thing in the world worth having. we must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.”

“Please, don't go. It's lonely. There's a hole in my head as big as the world and it's so very lonely...”

“Janey accuses me of chasing jailbait. She bursts into angry tears, asking if it's because she's getting older. It's true. She's aging more noticeably every day—while I am standing still. I prefer the stillness here. I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”