“...I could see the genius in allowing future to evolve. You could create momentum. You could launch something and see where it goes. You couldn't line everything up, like so many dominoes, and make everything fall into place.”
“…instead of fighting everything so much, you could just open your heart and see where it leads you.”
“That was the nice thing about the Spot: you could hear everything, but no one could see you.”
“The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. The infinite future makes that kind of mattering impossible.”
“How it seemed like you could see everything, but certain things were blocked out, hidden.”
“There really was nothing firm, nothing certain. Even here, even at this place where he thought he’d found something permanent—everything could change in a day. Everything could be lost so quickly.”