“Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.”

“Because no one thought she was a person, she had no one to really talk to.”

“People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. But make no mistake: In that moment, I would have been very, very happy to die.”

“The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death with was Augustus Waters.”

“The only one I'd like to talk about Augustus Waters' death is Augustus Waters.”

“and then I realized there was no one else to call, which was the saddest thing. The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death was Augustus Water.”

“He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what's your theory?”