“Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.”
“For the children with their greedy little mouths represent the future, which like time itself will devour all now alive.”
“The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.”
“Yes, but none of them can steal my ship.None of them are smart enough to know that it was the right thing to do at the time.”
“I could not be greedy, about money, I could not be greedy about miles or rides, and I could not be greedy about closeness with people; all things come in their own time, and are not mine to keep or covet - just to enjoy and learn from.”
“There are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn't steal," Eddis said."So?""If it's impossible to steal them with two hands, it's no more impossible to steal them with one. Steal peace, Eugenides. Steal me some time.”