“The only way out is in ...”

“That's when you stop being one way and start being another, Ruby said. Not something many people can do, or want to do. In fact, Ruby said, The only people who cross over, cross over because they're on some kind of Mission Impossible.I could no longer live and stay the way I was, I said.”

“You're going this way and then shit happens and then you're going that way.”

“So put your costume on, honey! Ruby said. Set Harlequin free! That party monster of yours is screaming to come out. Let the monster out!”

“Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.”

“They're from France, Ruby said, Vogue magazine. They only speak French except for fuck you.”

“The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.”