“Just because I am paranoid does not mean that someone is not out to get me”

“So how long do I have to pack?”

“Revenge is a dish best eaten cold and there is no sweeter dish than outliving an enemy”

“Coming and going I am leaving. I will go and come. Leaving has come to me. We all, shall all, will all be left. Because I am here and where. And I will go or not or never. And I have seen what I will see. If I am where I will be. Because nothing comes between me.”

“His stillness was commanding. I felt myself getting whiter by the second. What does it mean to become white? How does it feel to see Death in the flesh, come to gather you in? I was scared to the marrow. I was cold and hot, dry and wet, myself and someone else. The fist clenched in my chest. I went to the staircase and sat on the top step, looking into my hands. So much remained. Every word and thing a beadwork of bright creation.”

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.”

“I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore." And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.”