“Nicaragua sounded dangerous; she liked the word. Nicaragua! It sounded like some kind of spider. There it goes, under the table - Nicaragua!”

“This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book.The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable.”

“She felt some measure of relief knowing that in the very least, on the open road she would have some time to think.”

“So this is how they lived. For some time Theo, like a tree living in the shadow of taller trees, found a way to live off reflected light.”

“She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles.”

“People worried about our passing over into some robotic state, but we were so much like robots already, programmed and easy to manipulate.”

“Recently, I've discovered Radiohead and find them to be quite good. So clearly, I'm some kind of musical retard. (Jonathan Ames, Middle-American Gothic)”