“I thought there were limits to human suffering. At Bir-Jdid, I was to discover that there were none”

“I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.”

“Sara: Tegan just recently discovered that unicorns don’t exist. Tegan: I just thought they were extinct.”

“The walls of the tunnels were covered with so much dirt, it was almost like fur. I thought those tunnels were the kind of places wolves might live. I thought they were like the vessels of the human heart.”

“Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.”

“I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?”