“Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there.”

“I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.”

“Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening?”

“I once received a letter from an old lady in California who informed me that when the tired reader comes home at night, he wishes to read something that will lift up his heart. And it seems her heart had not been lifted up by anything of mine she had read. I think that if her heart had been in the right place, it would have been lifted up.”

“Tamani smiled softly and lifted a hand to her face, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear and letting his thumb rest on her cheek. 'Trust me, it's no picnic missing you. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.”

“He's always said if you wish to die rich, invest in vice.”