“A world no longer of haves and have-nots, but of the engaged and the apathetic.”

“There's a right thing to do," Holden said."You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.”

“GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP.”

“Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines.”

“I don’t believe war ever does. It’s a madness that’s in our nature. Sometimes it recurs; sometimes it subsides.” “Sounds like a disease.” “The herpes simplex of the species?”

“First off, get your shit together. Panic doesn’t help. It never helps. Deep breaths, figure this out, make the right moves. Fear is the mind-killer. Ha. Geek.”

“Holden had once dated a Buddhist who said that death was merely a different state of being, and people only feared the unknown that lay behind that transition. Death without warning was preferable, as it removed all fear.He felt he now had the counterargument.”