“He had bright elfin eyes and a knowledgeable ass.”

“Tiada malapetaka yang lebih besar jika institusi pengajian tinggi -yang seharusnya menjadi taman untuk pengembangan ilmu, penghormatan kepada kewibawaan ilmu dan ilmuwan- tidak meletakkan ilmu sebagai keutamaan dan menjadikan ilmu, ulama dan institusi ilmu hanya sebagai alat kepentingan ekonomi, politik atau peribadi; dan apabila institusi ilmu hanya menjadi taman mengutip untung kebendaan sementara, atau untuk menempah kedudukan dan nama. Ini merupakan suatu krisis dan malapetaka kepada sesebuah tamadun manusia, dan tiada kezaliman yang lebih besar kepada tamadun insan daripada kezaliman ini.”

“But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.”

“She understood that he had to work, and he had to travel. But what he didn't have to do was be absent even when he was present.”

“He tries to force the anger down, but it's like an anvil on his chest. He closes his eyes, like Sammy taught him, and forces the anvil up; he softens.”

“You can't take your same old self into a bright new future. You would only darken it.”

“Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began.”