“Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal.”

“Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.”

“Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?”

“Night wasn't so much falling as sharpening its claws.”

“He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality.”

“Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect myself. Smoking is self-destructive. Drinking is self-destructive. Losing your temper and yelling at people is wrong. Lying is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Stealing is wrong. But people do that stuff all the time. Soon as I figure out how to be a perfect human being, then I'm qualified to go lecture other people about how they live their lives.”

“I'd hate to find out that the universe really wasn't conspiring against me. It would jerk the rug out from under my persecution complex.”