“Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon.That's table sugar.You are made of the same stuff as table sugar.Just a couple of tiny differences here and there and look what happened to the sugar: it can stand upright and send tweets.”

“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”

“What else? A handful of hard white sugar lumps from the supply for the master's table. Sugar and cake and blood and pork. That's what little boys are made of. ”

“All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's can't give. More food.”

“the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.”

“13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree.”