“Ever notice how people wait until they're not going to see you anymore to say something nice to you?”

“That's why crazy people are so dangerous. You think they're nice until they're chaining you up in the garage.”

“For ten years I had been protected, wrapped up in something like a blanket that had been stitched together from all kinds of different things. But people never notice that warmth until after they've emerged. You don't even notice that you've been inside until it's too late for you ever to go back-- that's how perfect the temperature of that blanket is.”

“I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.”

“Saying something is 'too bad' is easy. You say you disapprove, which makes you a nice person, and then you can go about your business and not be interested anymore. It's a lot worse than 'too bad.' It's against everything decent and natural.”

“Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”