“You can take a flyin’ leap off a space dock.”

“He feared what getting involved with her might mean, but he wanted this deal involving chocolate and would risk lying with something not entirely female to get it.”

“It made Craze smile, despite wishing most of his body parts would find new homes and leave him in peace.”

“Ich überlege, ob ich ihn töten soll, aber das kann ich nicht, denn er sehnt sich nach dem Tod, und ich bin nicht der Weihnachtsmann, ich erfülle keine Wünsche”

“Lies, Betrayal, and Infidelity are like having a million red ants on you.It starts off with a sting and ends with bites that eat away at you painfully and slowly until there is no more of you left.”

“It's normal at this point for the fear-anger syndrome to take over and make you want to hammer on that side plate with a chisel, to pound it off with a sledge if necessary. You think about it, and the more you think about it the more you're inclined to take the whole machine to a high bridge and drop it off. It's just outrageous that a tiny little slot of a screw can defeat you so totally.”

“The burnt-off connectors and shadows where Ravan once filled my spaces— those, I think, are the sensations of grief.”