“The invisible are always so resolutely invisible, until you see them.”

“Nature, or at least birds and women, abhorred the invisible man. ”

“Destroy the traces. I’d never tried to do that. Instead I’d lived in their midst for thirty years, oblivious, a blind man fancying himself invisible.”

“The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats taken you so long to learn (Kissing The Beehive)”

“Did he ever--try?'Mingus shrugged. 'He was like you.'What's that mean?'Means he tried.'Of course. The ring was not a neutral tool. It judged its wearer: Aaron Doily flew drunkenly, and Dylan flew like a coward, only when it didn't matter, at the Windles' pond. So if had attuned to Robert Woolfolk's chaos.Don't tell me,' said Dylan. 'He flew sideways.'Mingus left it vague. He'd always made it his habit to protect their honor against one another--Dylan, Arthur, Robert. To say nothing.”

“I've learned not to trust what I see on television.”

“My heart, to put it more simply, got nostalgic for the present. Always a bad sign.”