“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.”

“I reached out a hand, and touched her. Her body was hard, and slim, and lithe, and her breasts felt like breasts that Gauguin might have painted. Her mouth, in the darkness, was soft and warm against mine.People come into your life for a reason.”

“The converse held reassuringly true: daylight was safe. Daylight was always safe.”

“You musn’t be afraid of the dark.’‘I’m not,’ said Shadow. ‘I’m afraid of the people in the dark.”

“He was alone in the darkness once more, but the darkness became brighter and brighter until it was burning like the sun.”

“You shine like a beacon in a dark world.”

“People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales.”