“As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.”

“Admittedly, I am only seventeen now. But some years are longer than others.”

“You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different..”

“It's almost as if the way you imagine my dead self says more about you than it says about either the person I was or the whatever I am now.”

“I mean, I am pretty fabulous. Am I not?''You're a pillar of fabulosity in the community,' I tell him.”

“I could try to pretend that I didn't care anymore, but it could never be true again. You can't just make yourself matter, and then die, Alaska, because now, I am irretrievably different, and I'm sorry I let you go, yes, but you made the choice.”

“You'll live forever in our hearts, big man.That particularly galled me, because it implied the immortality of those left behind: You will live forever in my memory, because I will live forever! I AM YOUR GOD NOW, DEAD BOY! I OWN YOU!”