“I kept thinking how they were all names of dead people, and how names are basically the only thing dead people keep.”

“The only thing set in stone are dumb quotes and names of dead people. Everything else is subject to change.”

“I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.”

“I can’t think of anything worse after a night of drinking than waking up next to someone and not being able to remember their name, or how you met, or why they’re dead.”

“It always confused me how Smalley managed to keep enrolment limited only to Guardian bloodlines. I don't know, maybe she put some charm up that made people think about dead puppies every time they stepped on campus. That's what I would have done, anyway, if I were headmistress.”

“You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They think that writers are all dead long ago--they don't expect to meet them in the street or out shopping. They know their stories but not their names, and certainly not their faces. And most writers like it that way.”