“During the meeting, Jenni paid attention only when they talked about killing zombies.”
“I know when a couple are really in love with each other. And by that I do not mean just sexually attracted. There is too much talk about sex, too much attention is paid to it. I do not mean that anything about sex is wrong. That is nonsense. But sex cannot take the place of love, it goes with love, but cannot succeed by itself.”
“How could I persuade the in-laws I was the right one for their daughter when, instead of focusing on small talk, all I could think about was not to kill them? I could only imagine what I'd say to the prospective in-laws, "Hello, it's a pleasure to eat, I mean, meet you.”
“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”
“I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me.”
“Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead.”