“Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night.”

“Don't you think you would attract attention?' said the Medical Man. 'Our ancestors had no great tolerance for anachronisms.”

“Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.”

“It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.”

“I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic.”

“This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It’s mostly pink. If you’re reading this book every night for months, something is not right.”

“That's what we do: tell made-up stories to fend off the night, to put off telling the truth.”