“...rational thoughts made out of insane components.”

“Somewhere deep inside his mind, somewhere beyond the event horizon of rationality, the sheer pressure of insanity had hammered his madness into something harder than diamond.”

“Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple pie, or whatever particular delicacy their mother made. It had never occurred to him that they might do it because they'd get yelled at if they didn't.”

“Insanity is catching.”

“These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.”

“The Ephebians made wine out of anything they could put in a bucket, and ate anything that couldn't climb out of one.”

“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”