“Nothing lasts forever. That's the tragedy and the miracle of existence—that everything is impermanent. Everything changes. All we can do is make the best of the time we have. And go down shooting, naturally. —Enid Healy”

“I really don’t think you should put your hand inside the manticore, dear. You don’t know where it’s been. —Enid Healy”

“The problem with people who say monsters don't really exist is that they're almost never saying it to the monsters." —Alice Healy”

“It's funny how people can change your life without meaning to. Even the fucked-up, crazy people leave everything different when they go away.”

“That's the beauty of the future. We get to change it.”

“We have to burn brightly. We can’t burn forever”

“Do we have to have the 'don't lie to the telepath' talk again? It won't take long. I say 'don't lie to the telepath, it never works,' you glare at me, and then you go find something you can hit.”