“For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”

“She tried to worry that something terrible had happened to him, but didn't believe it for a moment. Nothing terrible ever happened to him, though she was beginning to think that it was time it damn well did. If nothing terrible happened to him soon maybe she'd do it herself. Now there was an idea.”

“Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next.”

“Anything that happens, happens.Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.”

“Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else becomes eerily easy.”

“After five seconds there was a click, and the entire Universe was there in the box with him.”

“In an infinite Universe anything can happen.”