“There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars, and their human equivalents.”

“This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.”

“The thing to remeber is that more than anything in this world, these colored people wish they were white.”

“I was hoping the people of the world might be united by something more interesting, like drugs or an unarmed struggle against the undead.”

“We were standing near the Lollipop Forest when we realized that Santa is an anagram of Satan... Overhearing the customers we would substitute the Satan for the world Santa.”

“Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the thought of eating stewed squirrel. The world was simply grander back then, somehow more civilized, and nicer to look at.”

“People in trailers were canned and labeled much like the apple juice down at the plant, stamped with ingredients for all the world to see: chicken fried steak, overcooked vegetables, no working knowledge of any major Italian movie directors--the list went on and on.”