“The first man to successfully clone himself deserves to pat himself on the back. And then give himself a back massage.”

“The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible”

“We’re going to go in the back room as two singles, copulate back there, and come out a couple. Somebody go tell my clone where I am so he doesn’t go file a missing person’s report on himself.”

“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”

“Reaching back, he gripped the thick, wooden headboard, stretching himself out before her, leaving himself vulnerable.”

“It's the place built out of Man's ceaseless failure to overcome himself. Out of Man's endless war against himself we build our successes as well as our failures. Making it the city of all cities most like Man himself— loneliest creation of all this very old poor earth.”