“All the world's a rube, and he who tries to prove otherwise will be the first to wake onstage, victim of our just ridicule.”

“Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage.”

“The world is unkind to the shoeless and frolicsome.”

“The expert detective’s pursuit will go unnoticed, but not because he is unremarkable. Rather, like the suspect’s shadow, he will appear as though he is meant to be there.”

“He was the only person awake, but he might as well have been alone and dreaming.”

“She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them.”

“Love is the same as being lost,' says Jacques to the dark. 'Except you don't care that you're lost.”