“He told himself: Hope is a gateway drug, don't do it.”

“Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time.”

“Don't be afraid: you have a best seller on your hands.”

“His legs remembered the correct position for squatting down with toys. He played. He fit the round male studs into the round female grooves. He got some thinking done as he hunkered down on his fallen-sleep legs.”

“...and for the second time that day he blesses the certainty of airports because he can always turn around and go someplace else.”

“All he felt now was envy. These people had expectations. Of the world, of the future, it didn't matter--expectation was such an innovative concept to him that he couldn't help but be a bit moved by what they were saying. Whatever that was.”

“There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.”