“He is everything, everything, everything I ever admired and wanted and couldn't have. He is everything I needed and couldn't find in real life. Of course he is. That's why I invented him.”
“...I knew he used women as counters in a game, Bobby Quine versus time and the night of cities. And Rikki had turned up just when he needed something to get him going, something to aim for. So he'd set her up as a symbol for everything he wanted and couldn't have, everything he'd had and couldn't keep.”
“He was everything I’d ever wanted, and everything I hadn’t even known I needed.”
“Why did he have to be everything I did and everything I didn't need at any given moment?”
“He's amazing.He's beautiful, kind and everything I never knew I always wanted. But somehow everything I know I'll ever need.”
“He wanted them both, but there was no having everything, and love couldn't help him now. Nothing could help him but bravery, and what was that anyhow?”