“Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.”

“They lay listening. Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesn't fire? It has to fire. What if it doesn't fire? Could you crush that beloved skull with a rock? Is there such a being within you of which you know nothing? Can there be? Hold him in your arms. Just so. The soul is quick. Pull him toward you. Kiss him. Quickly.”

“When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!”

“We anticipate Time, and welcome it when birth comes in the door, then we hate Time and curse it, when death exits the door.”

“When the time to die comes, it does not matter how and when it happens.”

“The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice,” Hanalea said. “When that time comes, choose love.”