“How dare the world be beautiful when I was so horrifying?”

“There are two sacred causes in this world,” he said, holding up his pinkie and ring ringer. “Chance and necessity. By chance I was there to help when you had need.”

“I saw the void beneath the surface of the world; it threatened to pull me under.”

“We were all monsters and bastards, and we were all beautiful.”

“I heard you, sought you, and have found you. I have reached for you, across space and sense and the laws of nature. I do not know how.”

“I felt lighter when I had finished, and for once emptiness was a sweet relief and a condition to be treasured.”

“He looked at me again and his eyes shone in the lamplight, or with the inner light of delighted anticipation.His enthusiasm made him beautiful.”