“Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.”

“An idea is like a cold germ: sooner or later someone always catches it.”

“And that almost killed you?""It wasn't deep but it got infected. Infection means that the bad germs got into it. Infection's the most dangerous thing there is, Tom. Infection was what made the superflu germ kill all the people. And infection is what made people want to make the germ in the first place. An infection of the mind.”

“Un'idea è come un germe del raffreddore: prima o poi finisce che qualcuno lo prende.”

“There's nothing like stories on a windy night when folks have found a warm place in a cold world.”

“Hugh stretched out one hand and stroked the fur. It felt cold and rich, it crackled with silky static electricity. Stroking it was like stroking a clear autumn night.”

“the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.”