“You aren't sick & unhappy only alive & stuck with it.”

“Can a single ant be said to be alive, in any meaningful sense of the word, or does it only have relevance in terms of its anthill?”

“Jimmy had been full of himself back then, thinks Snowman with indulgence and a little envy. He’d been unhappy too, of course. It went without saying, his unhappiness. He’d put a lot of energy into it.”

“a few brown leaves are stuck to the outside of the glass like leather tongues.”

“There's something to be said for hunger: at least it lets you know you're still alive.”

“These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. And for the most part they did. Or something did; you could tell by the fact that you were still alive.”

“We immortals aren't misers - we don't hoard! Such things are pointless.”