“I said: "Dead end - quiet, restful, like your town. I like a town like this." Marlowe (talking about Olympia) in a short story called Goldfish.”
“It is these black clothes," said Strange. "I am like a leftover piece of funeral, condemned to walk about the Town, frightening people into thinking of their own mortality.”
“I broke that town in half like a wooden match.”
“she called it a paper town. Like, you know, everything so fake and flimsy.”
“Looks like it's time to liven up this dead little town!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug)”
“so i sneak out to the garden to see you, we keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew, so close your eyes, escape this town for a little while.”