“my 6 foot goddessmakes me laughthe laughter of the mutilatedwho still needlove...she has saved mefrom everything that isnot here”

“Everything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.”

“Tiffany and I are great friends, and I appreciate all that she is doing for me now. But she isnot you. I still love you, Nikki. And you can’t control or alter true love.”

“Why do I want to take care of Mr. President, particularly whenhe’s desperate like this? Sure, he has been useful—he has saved mefrom many a newzie—but there aren’t many newzies left. And it’s notlike Mr. President has infected me with a virus that predisposes me towant to care for him.I think it’s because Mr. President is a symbol, and symbolsmatter. Caroline liked to say that I was a sentimentalist. But sentimentis really just an appreciation for the reality and signi"cance ofsymbols—which is why I’m still here, and she’s not.”

“Pleasegive me strength to laughthe strength to trythe strength to laughthe strength to crythe strength to hopethe strength to copethe strength to one day say good-byeto fly into a bright sky.”

“She's my purpose and we're going to save each other. We're going to save everyone. And then I'm going to convince her that she's supposed to stay here. With me.”