“There are no bad kids…well, except for the possessed, and maybe those pesky aliens masquerading as humans.”

“There's simply nothing I can't accomplish when I can scrape together enough money to pay someone else to do it!”

“We all have our moments of weakness. Even the best of us. Luckily, we have friends who keep us in line. I like to think we chose them because they're better than we are.”

“There’s the way things should be, and then there’s the way things are. Things will never be the way they should be as long as people keep saying that’s just the way things are. If everyone got together and ensured that things were the way they should be, then eventually the way things are would be the way they should be. Of course, that will never happen. That’s just the way things are.”

“All human life must be regarded as sacred, or one's own may be endangered as well.”

“Humans possess no monopoly on the powers of preservation and destruction. Our ability to wield these powers with sustained intent, however, is unmatched on this earth. Nature can trump us in an instance or over millenia, but in the day-to-day main, humankind has developed a preponderant ability to fiddle with destiny. More than any other natural force or creature, we decide what will go and what will stay: the rainforest, an old building, a sickly cat... ourselves.”

“Memory is a means of possession, but eventually, the greatest grace is found in letting go. _Population: 485_, p 178.”