“No one split with confusion could possibly produce a reasonable conclusion.”

“Everything we had built up came crashing down. In one split second, everything turned into nothing.”

“Aomame closed her eyes and, in a split second, reviewed the long span of years as if standing on the edge of a sheer cliff, surveying an ocean channel below. She could smell the sea. She could hear the deep sighing of the wind.”

“I’m confused. Really confused. And it’s a lot deeper than you think. Deeper… darker… colder. But tell me something. How could you have slept with me that time? How could you have done such a thing? Why didn’t you just leave me alone?”

“I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.”

“In the infinite loneliness ofspace, what could Laika possibly be looking at?”

“If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage”