“We'll abduct Garian. Or Jason.""And—?""And dump them into the ocean. Nobody would ever pay a ransom for them.”

“I'm not crazy and we're not alone. I told them, but the only two people who ever believed me were the schizophrenic abducted by aliens and his invisible friend. I told them!”

“How do you kill something that's already dead?Nobody knows enough about them. Ask Jason. He'll have an opinion.Wait a moment. Rachel could see Corinne talking to Jason, but they were too far ahead to hear. He says you chop them up into little pieces.But what if that infects you with the disease?Jason leaned closer to answer Corinne quietly. She laughed. You let Nollin do it.”

“If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.”

“I need a million dollars to pay the ransom on my kidnapped poodle.”

“Nobody ever plays the romantic part I write for them in my head.”