“But whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither.”

“A person could stop a specific thing, but they couldn’t stop change in general. Rivers can’t run backward. Yet, he felt there must be an alternative, neither willfulness nor resignation. He couldn’t put words to it. All he knew was, neither of them had changed their minds and neither of them could find anything more to say.”

“He looked on people, and he neither liked nor disliked them. He looked on life and was neither heartened nor saddened.”

“Strong and independent? I’m neither. I’m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.”

“For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights.”

“The adult May fly lives only a few hours, just long enough to mate. He has neither mouth nor stomach, but needs neither since he does not live long enough to need to eat. The eggs the May fly leaves hatch after the parent has died. What is it all about. What's the point? There is no point. That's just the way it is. It is neither good nor bad. Life is mainly simply inevitable. (41)”