“I wonder how many years Suga has been carrying his curse around with him. I forget that other people in the world have broken parts too.”

“My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.”

“The late hour is such a friend; it has been for so many years. There is not a soul around as I carry Riley downstairs and dump him in my trunk. It is good, for I am not in the mood to kill again, and murder, for me, is very much tied to my mood, like making love. Even when it is necessary.”

“I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other's wounds; they repair the broken skin.”

“If during this time, or some other time we were separated, I wouldn't forget you. I'd recall how many years have passed knowing you.”

“O wonder!' he was saying; and his eyes shone, his face was brightly flushed. 'How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! ... O brave new world! O brave new world that has such people in it.”