“Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper. All things considered, he took it rather well.”

“Well, if you don’t like the idea of one world, how many worlds do you want, and how would you like them divided? By race? By religion? By income? Unless you have a spare planet in your pocket, one world is all we have.”

“It all comes out in the wash. It's just the spin cycle that makes you crazy”

“You can buy a Talking Barbie anywhere, but you can't even special order Listening Ken.”

“He was dead. He just didn't know it yet.”

“Odd Thing to Read After an Autopsy: “He was in much better health than we expected.” Well, yeah … except for the DEAD part.”

“He did not know how long it took, but later he looked back on this time of crying in the corner of the dark cave and thought of it as when he learned the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work. It wasn't just that it was wrong to do, or that it was considered incorrect. It was more than that--it didn't work.”