“The anguished suspense of watching the lips you hunger for, framing the words, the death sentence, of sheer triteness!”

“If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.”

“We are our own worst enemies. How banal and trite that sounds, but [...] have come to believe that all the greatest truths are trite and banal, when spoken aloud in their simplest and most honest terms. Perhaps they can only be imparted in the Cant, in a language which writes itself onto your heart so that you understand not just the words but all the shattering ramifications of of a sentence which, when heard without true understanding, seems quite risibly simplistic.We are our own worst enemies.People die.”

“Novalee watched his lips shape the words...the sounds, like whispered secrets, hanging in the air.”

“We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words you are the hero of your own story.”

“Every word you add dilutes the sentence.”