“Adam blows smoke at the town below. Says, ‘Anything could be happening down there, but up here you just wouldn’t know it.”

“The weight of lies will bring you down, follow you to every town 'cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there.”

“Here, just below the Earth’s summit, there are towns and villages, a tangle of human lives, in the shadow of Arctic eschatology.”

“You just wouldn’t be happy until I had to drag my ass up here to this godforsaken icebox that is. Gotta tell you I’m feelin’ some hate here my man. Or I would be if I could actually feel anything other than Arctic cold gnawing at my vitals.”

“How did you know I was here in town?""The old quarter here in Cadence is my neighborhood now," she said smoothly,"Let's just say I have my sources.""Right", He nodded, evidently satisfied and picked up his sandwich. "your mother phoned and told you I was on my way here to Cadence.”

“It just made me realize that I wouldn’t have anything if you left,” he said miserably. Jake gave a pained wince and looked down at the floor. “I wouldn’t have anything if I left, either,” he murmured.”