“We Ask the Gods for Answers and They Give Us Questions”

“Give us a call or you know, flash a searchlight in the sky with your logo on it, because we monitor everything.”

“What are you working on?" Elizabeth asked. Nate could hear her tapping a pencil on her desk. She took notes during their conversations. He didn't know what she did with the notes, but it bothered him."I have a lecture at the sanctuary in four days." Why, why had he told her? Why? Now she'd rattle down the mountain in her ancient Mercedes that looked like a Nazi staff car, sit in the audience, and ask all the questions that she knew in advance he couldn't answer.”

“The value of the work we do is the value we give to it.”

“Life is loneliness, broken only by the gods taunting us with friendship and the odd bonk”

“Do we still have to floss?" Tommy asked. "I mean, what's the point of being immortal if we have to floss?”

“What is your name?" asked Lear.Caius," said Kent.And whence do you hail?"From Bonking, sire."Well, yes, lad, as do we all," said Lear, "but from what town?”