“Once upon a time, I'd come close to being killed in the big trash bin outside. This counts as nostalgia for someone like me.”

“Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part where I killed her.”

“This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved.”

“So here is my story, may it bringSome smiles and a tear or so,It happened once upon a time,Far away, and long ago,Outside the night wind keens and wails,Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!”

“He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't.”

“I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.”