“Think about this: in all the stories I've ever heard, genies always want to get out of the bottle. And they do get out, sooner or later.”

“I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out ofexistence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless.”

“Besides, there are no secrets. Sooner or later the truth leaks out. That's one thing I've learned in this life.”

“I know you've run away - everybody gets the urge to do that some time - but sooner or later you'll want to go home.”

“Do you ever get moods when life seems absolutely meaningless? It's like a badly-constructed story, with all sorts of characters moving in and out who have nothing to do with the plot. And when somebody comes along that you think really has something to do with the plot, he suddenly drops out. After a while you begin to wonder what the story is about, and you feel that it's about nothing—just a jumble.”

“If you want to know the truth,” he says, leaning forward like he’s getting ready to tell a really good story, “it has to do with Kelsey. And the biggest lie of all.”And that’s when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.”