“And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention”
“Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late.”
“Q: What is wrong with the world?A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.”
“I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me.”
“This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.”
“If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.”